Sulawesi giant rat
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| Sulawesi giant rat Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
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Paruromys
Ellerman, 1954
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P. dominator
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| Paruromys dominator (Thomas, 1921)
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ursinus (Sody, 1941) |
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The Sulawesi giant rat (Paruromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] It is monotypic in the genus Paruromys. The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia, where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line.[1] It is frugivorous and semiarboreal.[1] While not currently listed as threatened, it is impacted by both habitat destruction and subsistence hunting.[1]
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