The central Sulawesi echiothrix
[ (''Echiothrix centrosa'') is a species of ]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 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.
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Sulawesi
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Indonesia
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References
Further reading
*New species and records of fur mites (Acari: Astigmata: Atopomelidae) from Southeast Asian rodents (Rodentia: Muridae).
*Musser, G. G. 1990. "Sulawesi Rodents: Species Traits and Chromosomes of ''Haeromys minahassae'' and ''Echiothrix leucura'' (Muridae: Murinae)". ''American Museum Novitates'' 2989:1–18.
Rats of Asia, Sulawesi spiny rat, Central
Sulawesi spiny rat, Central
Rodents of Sulawesi
Vulnerable fauna of Asia
Taxa named by Ned Hollister
Taxa named by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr.
Mammals described in 1921
Echiothrix
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