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Sundaic Mountain Long-tailed Giant Rat
Leopoldamys ciliatus
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Leopoldamys
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Malaysia|Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Sundaic Mountain Leopoldamys
About this species
- Habitat
- Primary and degraded tropical moist montane forest, typically above 1,000m
- Range
- Montane forest of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia
The Sundaic mountain leopoldamys was formerly considered a subspecies of Edwards's long-tailed giant rat; Leopoldamys setiger is a synonym. It occurs in the montane forests of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia, typically above 1,000 m, and is a terrestrial, possibly also arboreal, rat of primary and degraded tropical moist forest (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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