Sulawesi giant rat Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Rattini |
Genus: | Paruromys Ellerman, 1954 |
Species: | P. dominator |
Binomial name | |
Paruromys dominator | |
Synonyms | |
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The Sulawesi giant rat (Paruromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. [3] It is monotypic in the genus Paruromys. The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia, where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line. [1] It is frugivorous and semiarboreal. [1] While not currently listed as threatened, it is impacted by both habitat destruction and subsistence hunting. [1]
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