Pagai spiny rat

Pagai spiny rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Maxomys
Species:
M. pagensis
Binomial name
Maxomys pagensis
(Miller, 1903)

The Pagai spiny rat (Maxomys pagensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in the Mentawai Islands of Indonesia, on South Pagai, North Pagai, Sipora, and Siberut islands.

References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Maxomys pagensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • 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. p. 1371. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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