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Long-tailed Giant Rats
Leopoldamys
Leopoldamys is a genus of rodents in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species:
Sundaic mountain long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys ciliatus)
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 9 known species

Indomalayan Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys sabanus

Edwards's Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys edwardsi

Neill's Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys neilli

Herbert's Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys herberti

Mentawai Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys siporanus

Sundaic Mountain Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys ciliatus
Millet's Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys milleti
Hainan Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys hainanensis
Diwangkara's Long-tailed Giant Rat
speciesLeopoldamys diwangkarai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45509.