The Large Luzon Forest Rat, or Luzon Forest Rat (''Bullimus luzonicus'') is a

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...

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 n ...

, the first of three to be described in the

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Bullimus. It is in the diverse family Muridae. It is found only in the

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. The rat has been recorded in Aurora, Benguet, and

Camarines Sur Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte an ...

provinces, and in Balbalasang,

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province.

References

* Bullimus Rats of Asia Endemic fauna of the Philippines Fauna of Luzon Rodents of the Philippines Mammals described in 1895 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub