Margaretamys
Margaretamys Temporal range: Recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Genus: | Margaretamys Musser, 1981 |
Species | |
Margaretamys beccarii |
Margaretamys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia.[1] It contains the following species:
- Beccari's margareta rat (Margaretamys beccarii)
- Christine's margareta rat (Margaretamys christinae)[2][3]
- Elegant margareta rat (Margaretamys elegans)
- Little margareta rat (Margaretamys parvus)
References
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1359. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Mortelliti, A. et al. 2012: A new species of Margaretamys (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini) from Pegunungan Mekongga, southeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tropical zoology, 25(2): 74–107. doi:10.1080/03946975.2012.696439
- ↑ http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0724-hance-christines-rat.html New mammal discovered in Indonesia Jeremy Hance 24 July 2012
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