Limnomys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Limnomys Mearns, 1905 |
Type species | |
Limnomys sibuanus | |
Species | |
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