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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Margaretamys
SPECIES Margaretamys elegans
| Author: | Musser, 1981. | | Citation: | Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 168: 286. | | Common Name: | Elegant Margaretamys | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Nokilalaki, 6500 ft (1980 m). | | Distribution: | Originally recorded only from 1600-2285 m in montane rain forest on Gunung Nokilalaki, but a specimen (AMNH 267763) was obtained from farther south in the Mamasa Area (02o56'S/119o22'E) of C Sulawesi. Probably occurs on mountains elsewhere in C core of the island. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | The largest in body size of the three species and the most squirrel-like in habitus. |
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