The small-eared rat (Taeromys microbullatus), is an extant species of Old World rodent that inhabits the southeast of Sulawesi, an Indonesian island.[3] The rat is found in the Mekongga Mountains of southeastern Sulawesi. Following the identification of Taeromys microbullatus in 1935, the species was associated with the R. xanthurus in 1941, P. dominator from 1949, and later T. callitrichus from 1970. In Mammal Species of the World, a more contemporary record suggests that T. microbullatus is closer to T. callitrichus than other species within the genus Taeromys.[3]
| Small-eared rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Taeromys |
| Species: | T. microbullatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Taeromys microbullatus (Tate & Archbold, 1935)[2]
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References
edit- ^ Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2017). "Taeromys microbullatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136654A22428466. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136654A22428466.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Tate, G. H. H.; Archbold, R. (1935). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 3. Twelve apparently new forms of Muridae other than Rattus from the Indo-Australian region". American Museum Novitates (803): 1–9.
- ^ a b Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801882210.