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Trefoil-toothed giant rat

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Species of rodent

Trefoil-toothed giant rat
Trefoil-toothed giant rat by Adolph Bernhard Meyer
Illustration by Adolf Bernhard Meyer
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Lenomys
Species: L. meyeri
Binomial name
Lenomys meyeri
(Jentink, 1879)

The trefoil-toothed giant rat (Lenomys meyeri) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is located throughout the island.

References

  1. Cassola, F. (2016). "Lenomys meyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11498A22435649. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11498A22435649.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Oenomys
Division
Grammomys
Lamottemys
Oenomys
(Rufous-nosed rats)
Thallomys
(Acacia rats)
Thamnomys
(Thicket rats)
Phloeomys
Division
Batomys
(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
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Melasmothrix–Mus
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Lenomys meyeri


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