Luzon broad-toothed rat
Temporal range: Recent
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Abditomys
Musser, 1982[3]
Species:
A. latidens
Binomial name
Abditomys latidens
(Sanborn, 1952)[2]
Synonyms
  • Rattus latidens Sanborn, 1952[4]

The Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is endemic to central and northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Abditomys.

References

  1. ^ Heaney, L. (2008). "Abditomys latidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Abditomys latidens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  3. ^ Musser, Guy G. (1982). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 107. A New Genus of Arboreal Rat from Luzon Island in the Philippines". American Museum Novitates (2730): 1–23. hdl:2246/5340.
  4. ^ Sanborn, Colin Campbell (1952). "Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946–1947". Fieldiana: Zoology. 33 (2): 125–128.


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