Sulawesian shrew rat
Species of rodent
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Conservation status | |
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Melasmothrix Miller & Hollister, 1921 |
Species: | M. naso |
Binomial name | |
Melasmothrix naso Miller & Hollister, 1921 |
The Sulawesian shrew rat (Melasmothrix naso) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Melasmothrix. It is found only in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, and is known from the localities of Rano Rano and Mount Nokilalaki.
These small-bodied rodents live at high altitudes, reaching up to 7500 feet, specifically in places that maintain wet, cool conditions like moss forests.[2]
References
- ^ Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Melasmothrix naso". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T13079A22429177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T13079A22429177.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ G., Musser, Guy (1982). Crunomys and the small-bodied shrew rats native to the Philippine Islands and Sulawesi (Celebes). American Museum of Natural History. OCLC 10878557.
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- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1373. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)
division
Melasmothrix |
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Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats) |
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Chiropodomys (Pencil-tailed tree mice) |
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Haeromys (Pygmy tree mice) |
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Hapalomys (Marmoset rats) |
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Micromys |
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Vandeleuria (Long-tailed climbing mice) |
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Vernaya |
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Cremnomys |
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Diomys |
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Madromys |
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Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats) |
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Muriculus |
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Mus (Typical mice) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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