Other names: Ryukyu Long-tailed Giant Rat|Ryukyu Rat
About this species
Ryukyu Islands Tree Rat (Diplothrix legata) is a arboreal rat recorded in the Japan mammal catalogue. This concise entry identifies the accepted catalogue taxon without adding ecology that has not yet been verified from a species-level source (Mammal Diversity Database range record). Japan's national Red List records it as Endangered (Japan MOE Red List 2020).
Description: Wildlife of Japan guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com)
Mammals of the World