| Carleton's forest rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Bullimus |
| Species: | B. carletoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Bullimus carletoni Heaney et al., 2021 | |
The Carleton's forest rat (Bullimus carletoni) is a species of rodent in the genus Bullimus and the family Muridae. It is reported from the Caramoan Peninsula in southern Luzon, Philippines in the year 2021 by Heaney et al. B. carletoni is associated with partially disturbed forest habitat over limestone and ophiolitic soils. It is a nocturnal animal and endemic to Philippines.
References
- Heaney, Lawrence R.; Kyriazis, Christopher C.; Balete, Danilo S.; Rickart, Eric A.; Bates, John M. (2021). "A new species of Bullimus (Muridae, Rodentia) from southern Luzon Island, Philippines". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 134 (1): 131–148. doi:10.2988/0006-324X-134.1.yy.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Bullimus carletoni | |
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