Luzon broad-toothed rat

Luzon broad-toothed rat
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Abditomys
Musser, 1982
Species: A. latidens
Binomial name
Abditomys latidens
(Sanborn, 1952)[2]

The Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is endemic to central and northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Abditomys.

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