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Mentawai Long-tailed Giant Rat
Leopoldamys siporanus
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Leopoldamys
- IUCN status
- VU
- Distribution
- Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Mentawai Archipelago Leopoldamys|Mentawai Archipelago Long-tailed Giant Rat
About this species
- Habitat
- Subtropical or tropical dry forest
- Range
- Endemic to the Mentawai Islands, off west Sumatra
The Mentawai long-tailed giant rat is a rodent in the family Muridae, endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest, and it is threatened by habitat loss (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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