''Tateomys'' is a genus of

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...

from

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu ...

. Both species have been classified as vulnerable by

IUCN The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...

. It includes the following species: * Long-tailed shrew rat – ''Tateomys macrocercus'' Musser, 1982 * Tate's shrew rat – ''Tateomys rhinogradoides'' Musser, 1969

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Rodents of Sulawesi Rodent genera Taxa named by Guy Musser {{Murinae-stub