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Sulawesi soft-furred rat

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Species of rodent

Sulawesi soft-furred rat
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Eropeplus
Miller & Hollister, 1921
Species: E. canus
Binomial name
Eropeplus canus
Miller & Hollister, 1921

The Sulawesi soft-furred rat (Eropeplus canus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Eropeplus. It is found only in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Baillie, J. 1996. Eropeplus canus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Oenomys
Division
Grammomys
Lamottemys
Oenomys
(Rufous-nosed rats)
Thallomys
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Thamnomys
(Thicket rats)
Phloeomys
Division
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(Luzon and Mindanao
forest rats)
Carpomys
(Luzon rats)
Crateromys
(Cloudrunners)
Phloeomys
(Slender-tailed
cloud rats)
Pithecheir
Division
Eropeplus
Lenomys
Lenothrix
Margaretamys
(Margareta's rats)
Pithecheir
(Monkey-footed rats)
Pithecheirops
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
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Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
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Peromyscus pembertoni

Cricetus cricetus Malpaisomys insularis Canariomys bravoi Canarios tamarani

Apomys gracilirostris
Taxon identifiers
Eropeplus canus


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