| Daovantien's limestone rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Rattini |
| Genus: | Tonkinomys Musser, Lunde, & Son, 2006 |
| Species: | T. daovantieni
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| Binomial name | |
| Tonkinomys daovantieni Musser, Lunde, & Son, 2006
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Daovantien’s limestone rat (Tonkinomys daovantieni) is a genus of Muridae rodent native to northeastern Vietnam. It was first discovered in a forested talus habitat in the Huu Lien Nature Reserve, Lang Son Province.[2] It is the only known species in the genus Tonkinomys.[2]
- ^ Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2016). "Tonkinomys daovantieni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136342A22411060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136342A22411060.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Musser, G.G.; Lunde, D.P. & Nguyen T.S. (May 2006). "Description of a New Genus and Species of Rodent (Murinae, Muridae, Rodentia) from the Tower Karst Region of Northeastern Vietnam". American Museum Novitates (3517): 1–41. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3517[1:DOANGA]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5794. ISSN 0003-0082.