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Island mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Nesomyidae
Genus:	Nesomys
Species:	N. rufus
Binomial name
Nesomys rufus Peters, 1870
Island mouse range

The island mouse or eastern red forest rat (Nesomys rufus) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

References

1. ^ Kennerley, R. (2016). "Nesomys rufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14671A22237658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14671A22237658.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 952. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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