Tondano rat

Tondano rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Taeromys
Species: T. taerae
Binomial name
Taeromys taerae
(Sody, 1932)

The Tondano rat (Taeromys taerae) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. Taeromys taerae is a peninsular highland in the north east of the island and the rat is morphological relative of T. hamatus, which is found only in central Sulawesian mountains.[1]

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