Species of rodent
Alpine woolly rat |
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Conservation status |
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mallomys |
Species: | M. gunung |
Binomial name |
Mallomys gunung
Flannery, Aplin, Groves & Adams, 1989 |
The alpine woolly rat (Mallomys gunung) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in West Papua, Indonesia. It is found only at high elevations, has an extent of occurrence less than 5,000 km2, and is known from only two localities (although may be present at more). The combination of hunting, predation, and slow breeding means that the population size is probably declining (has certainly declined substantially according to the Holocene fossil records). This species is very likely to be increasingly affected by global warming, which increases fire frequency and is causing the extent of habitat to decline. When specimens were brought to a museum the female rats were pregnant with only one baby, so it is assumed that the rat gives birth to only one offspring at a time.
Diet
Because very little is known about the Alpine woolly rat, its diet is assumed to be similar to that of a typical wild rats, barring climate variations.
The Alpine woolly rat mainly eats plants, seeds and various small animals.
References
- ^ Leary, T.; Wright, D. (2016). "Mallomys gunung". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12722A22454643. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12722A22454643.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- 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. 1356. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Pogonomys–Pseudomys)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordate
- Class: Mammalia
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Muridae
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Pogonomys Division | Abeomelomys | - Highland brush mouse (A. sevia)
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Anisomys | - Squirrel-toothed rat (A. imitator)
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Brassomys | - White-toothed brush mouse (B. albidens)
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Chiruromys | - Greater tree mouse (C. forbesi)
- Broad-headed tree mouse (C. lamia)
- Lesser tree mouse (C. vates)
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Coccymys | |
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Hyomys (White-eared rats) | - Western white-eared giant rat (H. dammermani)
- Eastern white-eared giant rat (H. goliath)
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Macruromys (New Guinean rats) | - Lesser small-toothed rat (M. elegans)
- Eastern small-toothed rat (M. major)
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Mallomys (Giant tree rats) | - De Vis's woolly rat (M. aroaensis)
- Alpine woolly rat (M. gunung)
- Subalpine woolly rat (M. istapantap)
- Rothschild's woolly rat (M. rothschildi)
- Bosavi woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Arfak woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
- Foja woolly rat (M. sp. nov.)
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Mammelomys | - Large-scaled mosaic-tailed rat (M. lanosus)
- Large mosaic-tailed rat (M. rattoides)
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Pogonomelomys (Rummler's mosaic tailed rats) | - Grey pogonomelomys (P. brassi)
- Lowland brush mouse (P. bruijni)
- Shaw Mayer's brush mouse (P. mayeri)
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Pogonomys (Prehensile-tailed rats) | - Champion's tree mouse (P. championi)
- D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago pogonomys (P. fergussoniensis)
- Large tree mouse (P. loriae)
- Chestnut tree mouse (P. macrourus)
- Prehensile-tailed rat (P. mollipilosus)
- Gray-bellied tree mouse (P. sylvestris)
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Xenuromys | - Mimic tree rat (X. barbatus)
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Pseudomys Division | Conilurus | - Brush-tailed rabbit rat (C. penicillatus)
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Leggadina | - Forrest's mouse (L. forresti)
- Lakeland Downs mouse (L. lakedownensis)
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Leporillus (Australian stick-nest rats) | - Greater stick-nest rat (L. conditor)
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Mastacomys | - Broad-toothed mouse (M. fuscus)
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Mesembriomys (Tree rats) | - Black-footed tree-rat (M. gouldii)
- Golden-backed tree-rat (M. macrurus)
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Notomys (Australian hopping mice) | - Spinifex hopping mouse (N. alexis)
- Northern hopping mouse (N. aquilo)
- Fawn hopping mouse (N. cervinus)
- Dusky hopping mouse (N. fuscus)
- Mitchell's hopping mouse (N. mitchellii)
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Pseudomys (Australian native mice) | - Ash-grey mouse (P. albocinereus)
- Silky mouse (P. apodemoides)
- Plains rat (P. australis)
- Bolam's mouse (P. bolami)
- Kakadu pebble-mound mouse (P. calabyi)
- Western pebble-mound mouse (P. chapmani)
- Little native mouse (P. delicatulus)
- Desert mouse (P. desertor)
- Smoky mouse (P. fumeus)
- Gould's mouse (P. gouldii)
- Eastern chestnut mouse (P. gracilicaudatus)
- Sandy inland mouse (P. hermannsburgensis)
- Long-tailed mouse (P. higginsi)
- Central pebble-mound mouse (P. johnsoni)
- Western chestnut mouse (P. nanus)
- New Holland mouse (P. novaehollandiae)
- Western mouse (P. occidentalis)
- Hastings River mouse (P. oralis)
- Country mouse (P. patrius)
- Pilliga mouse (P. pilligaensis)
- Heath mouse (P. shortridgei)
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Zyzomys (Thick-tailed rats) | - Common rock rat (Z. argurus)
- Arnhem Land rock rat (Z. maini)
- Carpentarian rock rat (Z. palatalis)
- Central rock rat (Z. pedunculatus)
- Kimberley rock rat (Z. woodwardi)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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