Central Sulawesi Spiny Rat
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The Central Sulawesi Echiothrix (Echiothrix centrosa), also known as the Central Sulawesi Spiny Rat is a species of rodent
in the family Muridae
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It is found only in Indonesia
, specifically in Sulawesi
.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the family Muridae
Muridae
Muridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives....
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It is found only in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, specifically in Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
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Further reading
- http://www.phthiraptera.org/Publications/46274.pdf
- http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/0003-0082%282002%29368%3C0001%3ASRDOAN%3E2.0.CO%3B2?journalCode=novi
- http://www.cababstractsplus.org/abstracts/Abstract.aspx?AcNo=20053125802
- 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.