Sulawesi giant rat

Sulawesi giant rat
Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Taeromys
Species:
T. dominator
Binomial name
Taeromys dominator
(Thomas, 1921)[2]
Synonyms
  • frosti (Ellerman, 1949)
  • ursinus (Sody, 1941)
Location of Sulawesi
Location of Sulawesi

The Sulawesi giant rat (Taeromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[3] 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] In 2021, it was transferred from the monotypic genus Paruromys back to Taeromys, where it was previously placed by Henry Jacob Victor Sody in 1941.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Achmadi, A.S.; Fahri, F.; Gazzard, A.; Handika, H.; Inayah, N.; Lanusi, A.A.; Nangoy, M.; Nurdin, M.R.T.J.P.; Rowe, K.C. (2024). "Taeromys dominator". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024 e.T16375A233246548. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T16375A233246548.en. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
  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 (39): 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.
  4. ^ Handika, Heru; Achmadi, Anang S.; Esselstyn, Jacob A.; Rowe, Kevin C. (2021). "Molecular and morphological systematics of the Bunomys division (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic radiation on Sulawesi". Zoologica Scripta. 50 (2): 141–154. doi:10.1111/zsc.12460. ISSN 0300-3256.


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