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Luzon broad-toothed rat

The Luzon broad-toothed rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

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Luzon broad-toothed rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Abditomys
Musser, 19823
Species:
A. latidens
Binomial name
Abditomys latidens
(Sanborn, 1952)2
Synonyms
  • Rattus latidens Sanborn, 19524

The Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is endemic to central and northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Abditomys.

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References

  1. Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Abditomys latidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T42641A115198627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T42641A22454309.en. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
  2. "Abditomys latidens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
  3. Musser, Guy G. (1982). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 107. A New Genus of Arboreal Rat from Luzon Island in the Philippines". American Museum Novitates (2730): 1–23. hdl:2246/5340.
  4. Sanborn, Colin Campbell (1952). "Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946–1947". Fieldiana: Zoology. 33 (2): 125–128.