Sulawesi giant rat

Sulawesi giant rat
Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
Scientific classification Edit this 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
(Thomas, 1921)[2]
Synonyms
  • frosti (Ellerman, 1949)
  • ursinus (Sody, 1941)

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]

  1. ^ a b c d Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. (2008). "Paruromys dominator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ Thomas, O. (1921). "On a new genus and species of shrew, and some new Muride from the East-Indian Archipelago". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 7: 243–249. doi:10.1080/00222932108632519.
  3. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Species Paruromys dominator". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1435. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.