Muennink's Spiny Rat
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| Tokudaia muenninki (Johnson, 1946) |
Muennink's Spiny Rat (Tokudaia muenninki) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
In March 2008, the first wild specimen in over 30 years was caught in the northern part of Okinawa island[1].
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- Ishii, N. 2000. Tokudaia muenninki. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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