Luzon broad-toothed rat

Luzon broad-toothed rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Tribe:	Rattini
Genus:	Abditomys Musser, 1982 [2]
Species:	A. latidens
Binomial name
Abditomys latidens (Sanborn, 1952) [3]
Synonyms
Rattus latidensSanborn, 1952 [4]

The Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is endemic to central and northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Abditomys.

References

1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Abditomys latidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T42641A115198627. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42641A22454309.en . Retrieved 27 May 2025.
2. Musser, Guy G. (1982). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 107. A New Genus of Arboreal Rat from Luzon Island in the Philippines". American Museum Novitates (2730): 1–23. hdl:2246/5340.
3. "Abditomys latidens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 22 February 2009.
4. Sanborn, Colin Campbell (1952). "Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946–1947". Fieldiana: Zoology. 33 (2): 125–128.

• 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.