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Mindoro climbing rat

species of mammal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ1757646 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Mindoro climbing rat or Mindoro rat (Anonymomys mindorensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found only in the Philippines, and is known only from Ilong Peak in the Halcon Mountains. It is the only species in the genus Anonymomys.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press.

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“Mindoro climbing rat” enters the record as species of mammal. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mindoro, climbing and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Mindoro, climbing and species.
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“Mindoro climbing rat” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Mindoro, climbing and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1757646. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Mindoro climbing rat” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.