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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: | Saxatilomys Musser, 2005 |
| Species: | S. paulinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Saxatilomys paulinae Musser, Smith, Robinson & Lunde, 2005
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Saxatilomys paulinae, Paulina's limestone rat, is a species of murid rodent native to central Laos and Vietnam, separated to a monotypic genus Saxatilomys. It was first discovered in the Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Khammouan Province, Laos, and also been found in the Vietnamese province of Quang Bình.[2] It is the only known species in the genus Saxatilomys.[3] The genus name is derived from the Latin saxatilis, meaning "among the rocks" and the Greek mys, meaning mouse or rat.[3]
- ^ Kennerley, R.; Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2016). "Saxatilomys paulinae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136806A22411127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136806A22411127.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Nguyen, Nghia; Nguyen, Dang; Ngo, Tuong; Nguyen, Duy (2015). "New data on recently described rodent species Paulina's Limestone Rat Saxatilomys paulinae Musser, Smith, Robinson & Lunde, 2005 (Mammalia: Rodentia)". Biodiversity Data Journal. 3 (3): e4961. doi:10.3897/BDJ.3.e4961. PMC 4442251. PMID 26023285.
- ^ a b Musser, G.G.; Smith, A.L.; Robinson, M.F. & Lunde, D.P. (November 2005). "Description of a New Genus and Species of Rodent (Murinae, Muridae, Rodentia) from the Khammouan Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area in Lao PDR" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (3497): 1–31. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)497[0001:DOANGA]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5666. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 86334292.