The small-eared rat (''Taeromys microbullatus''), is an extant species of Old World

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that inhabits the

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, an

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n island. The rat is found in the Mekongga Mountains of southeastern Sulawesi. Following the identification of ''Taeromys microbullatus'' in 1935, the species was associated with the '' R. xanthurus'' in 1941, '' P. dominator'' from 1949, and later '' T. callitrichus'' from 1970. In ''

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'', a more contemporary record suggests that ''T. microbullatus'' is closer to ''T. callitrichus'' than other species within the genus ''Taeromys''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1768175 Taeromys Rodents of Sulawesi Mammals described in 1935 Mammals of Indonesia