The Mindoro climbing rat or Mindoro rat (''Anonymomys mindorensis'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
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[Musser, Guy G. "Notes on systematics of Indo-Malayan murid rodents, and descriptions of new genera and species from Ceylon, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Bulletin of the AMNH; v. 168, article 3." (1981).]
It is found only in the
Philippines, and is known only from Ilong Peak in the
Halcon Mountains. It is the only species in the genus ''Anonymomys''.
Its natural
habitat is
subtropical or tropical dry forest
The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive ...
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It is threatened by
habitat loss.
References
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Rats of Asia
Old World rats and mice
Endemic fauna of the Philippines
Fauna of Mindoro
Rodents of the Philippines
Mammals described in 1981
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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