''Lenomys'' is a genus of rodent endemic to
Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
. It contains the living
trefoil-toothed giant rat
The trefoil-toothed giant rat (''Lenomys meyeri'') is a species 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 u ...
''(Lenomys meyeri)'' and the extinct ''
Lenomys grovesi
''Lenomys grovesi'' is an extinct species of rodent that lived on Sulawesi, Indonesia as recently as 2000 Before Present, BP. The specific epithet honours Colin Groves, a colleague and friend of the author.
Diagnosis
The only known remains of t ...
''.
References
Rodent genera
Mammal genera with one living species
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Muridae
Rodents of Sulawesi
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