Tawitawi forest rat

Tawitawi forest rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species: R. tawitawiensis
Binomial name
Rattus tawitawiensis
Musser & Heaney, 1985

The Tawitawi forest rat or Tawitawi Island rat (Rattus tawitawiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines.

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