Anonymomys mindorensis
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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 ...
.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 ...
. It is threatened by habitat loss.


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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 {{Murinae-stub