Palawan soft-furred mountain rat

Palawan soft-furred mountain rat
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Palawanomys
Musser & Newcomb, 1983
Species: P. furvus
Binomial name
Palawanomys furvus
Musser & Newcomb, 1983

The Palawan soft-furred mountain rat (Palawanomys furvus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Palawanomys. It is found only in the Philippines.

References

  1. Heaney, L.; Balete, D.; Rosell-Ambal, G.; Tabaranza, B.; Ong, P.; Widmann, P. (2008). "Palawanomys furvus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T15917A5319927. Retrieved 6 August 2016.


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