Mammals of the WorldMillet's Long-tailed Giant Rat
Leopoldamys milleti
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Leopoldamys
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Vietnam
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Millet's Leopoldamys
About this species
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Habitat
- Montane forest, tolerant of secondary forest
- Range
- Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam
Millet's leopoldamys is a species of rodent in the family Muridae that lives in the Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam, although its distribution limits are unresolved. It is a large, terrestrial omnivore that prefers montane forest but is tolerant of secondary forest. Only a handful of museum specimens document it, and it occurs in a number of protected Vietnamese areas (Wikipedia, general species account).
It was originally recognised in 1922 by Herbert Christopher Robinson and Cecil Boden Kloss as a 'remarkably distinct race' of Edwards's long-tailed giant rat, and remained described as such for many years.
Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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