The ranee mouse (''Haeromys margarettae'') 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 upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

in the family Muridae. It is restricted to the island of

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, in the provinces of Sarawak (

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) and Sabah (

). Its natural

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is subtropical or tropical dry

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References

* Baillie, J. 1996.
Haeromys margarettae

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 19 July 2007. * Haeromys Rodents of Indonesia Rodents of Malaysia Mammals described in 1893 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub