Sulawesi soft-furred rat
Species of rodent
| Sulawesi soft-furred rat Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Rattini |
| Genus: | Eropeplus Miller & Hollister, 1921 |
| Species: | E. canus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eropeplus canus | |
The Sulawesi soft-furred rat (Eropeplus canus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Eropeplus. It is found only in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Eropeplus canus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". 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. 1321. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Oenomys–Pithecheir)
Division
| Grammomys |
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| Lamottemys |
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| Oenomys (Rufous-nosed rats) |
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| Thallomys (Acacia rats) |
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| Thamnomys (Thicket rats) |
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Division
| Batomys (Luzon and Mindanao forest rats) |
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| Carpomys (Luzon rats) |
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| Crateromys (Cloudrunners) |
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| Phloeomys (Slender-tailed cloud rats) |
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Division
| Eropeplus |
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| Lenomys |
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| Lenothrix |
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| Margaretamys (Margareta's rats) |
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| Pithecheir (Monkey-footed rats) |
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| Pithecheirops |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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