The Bagobo rat (''Bullimus bagobus'') is one of three
species
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of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are nat ...
in the genus ''
Bullimus
''Bullimus'' is a genus of rodent from the Philippines, as first catalogued by Mearns, in 1905.
Species
Genus ''Bullimus''
* Bagobo rat, ''Bullimus bagobus'', Mindanao
* Carleton's forest rat, ''Bullimus carletoni'', Luzon - Described in 2021.
* ...
'', and in the diverse family Muridae.
It is found in the
Visayas
The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands (Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; tl, Kabisayaan ), are one of the three principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao. Located in the central part of the archipelago, i ...
and
Mindanao
Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...
,
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
References
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Bullimus
Rodents of the Philippines
Mammals described in 1905
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Fauna of Mindanao
Taxa named by Edgar Alexander Mearns
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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