The Carleton's forest rat (''Bullimus carletoni'') is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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

in the genus ''

Bullimus ''Bullimus'' is an endemic genus of rodent from the Philippines, as first catalogued by Mearns, in 1905. Species Genus ''Bullimus'' * Bagobo rat, ''Bullimus bagobus'', Mindanao * Carleton's forest rat, ''Bullimus carletoni'', Luzon Luzon ...

'' and the family

Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. ...

. It is reported from the Caramoan Peninsula in southern Luzon,

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

in the year 2021 by Heaney et al. ''B. carletoni'' is associated with partially disturbed forest habitat over limestone and ophiolitic soils. It is a

nocturnal Nocturnality is a ethology, behavior in some non-human animals characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day. The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnality, diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatur ...

animal and

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to Philippines.

References

Bullimus Rodents of the Philippines Mammals described in 2021 Endemic fauna of the Philippines {{Muridae-stub