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Leopoldamys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. [1] It contains the following species: Sundaic mountain long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys ciliatus)
A closeup of a rat tail. The characteristic long tail of most rodents is a feature that has been extensively studied in various rat species models, which suggest three primary functions of this structure: thermoregulation, [13] minor proprioception, and a nocifensive-mediated degloving response. [14]
The earliest report of rat kings comes from 1564. [1] Most extant examples are formed from black rats (Rattus rattus). [2] Specimens of purported rat kings are kept in some museums. The museum Mauritianum in Altenburg, Thuringia, shows the largest well-known mummified "rat king", which was found in 1828 in a miller's fireplace at Buchheim.
Rattus baluensis, summit rat; Rattus exulans, Polynesia rat; Rattus norvegicus, Norway rat; Sundamys muelleri, Muller's rat; Sundamys infraluteus, mountain giant rat; Niviventer cremoriventer in Borneo. Niviventer cremoriventer, dark-tailed rat; Niviventer rapit, long-tailed mountain rat; Maxomys rajah, brown spiny rat; Maxomys surifer. Maxomys ...
This category is for rodents native to Sulawesi.Rodent genera exclusively endemic to Sulawesi and immediately adjacent islands are Bunomys, Echiothrix, Hyosciurus, Margaretamys, Paucidentomys, Prosciurillus, Taeromys, Tateomys, and Waiomys, as well as the single-species genera Eropeplus, Hyorhinomys, Lenomys, Melasmothrix, Paruromys, Rubrisciurus, and Sommeromys.
Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat; Mentawai long-tailed giant rat; Mentawai rat; Millard's rat; Millet's leopoldamys; Minahassa ranee mouse; Mindanao hairy-tailed rat; Mindanao mountain rat; Mindanao shrew-rat; Mindoro black rat; Mindoro climbing rat; Mindoro striped rat; Mirza's eastern moss rat; Mirza's western moss rat; Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat
Isothrix barbarabrownae - Barbara Brown's brush-tailed rat; Isothrix bistriata - yellow-crowned brush-tailed rat; Isothrix negrensis - Rio Negro brush-tailed rat; Isothrix pagurus - plain brush-tailed rat; Isothrix sinnamariensis - Sinnamary brush-tailed rat; Genus Makalata. Makalata didelphoides - armored spiny rat; Makalata macrura - Long ...
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