Ryukyu Spiny Rat

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Ryukyu Spiny Rat
Conservation status
Endangered
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Tokudaia Species: T. osimensis
Binomial name
Tokudaia osimensis (Y. Abe, 1934)

The Ryukyu Spiny Rat (Tokudaia osimensis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

[edit] References

• Ishii, N. 2000. Tokudaia osimensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. "Superfamily Muroidea", in D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference pp. 894-1531, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.