Daovantien's limestone rat

Daovantien's limestone rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Tonkinomys
Musser, Lunde, & Son, 2006
Species:
T. daovantieni
Binomial name
Tonkinomys daovantieni
Musser, Lunde, & Son, 2006

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]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.