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SPECIES Taeromys hamatus

Author:

Miller and Hollister, 1921.

Citation:

Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 34: 96.

Common Name:

Central Mountain Taeromys

Type Locality:

Indonesia, C Sulawesi, Gunung Lehio, 6000 ft (1830 m).

Distribution:

Sulawesi: known only from a few montane localities in the central core of the island, 1280-2287 m; absent from lowland tropical evergreen rainforest formations.

Status:

IUCN – Vulnerable.

Comments:

Closest relative is T. taerae from the NE peninsular highlands.

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