Sody tree rat

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Sody tree rat
Systematics
Family : Long-tailed mice (Muridae)
Subfamily : Old World Mice (Murinae)
Tribe : Rattini
Rattus group
Genre : Kadarsanomys
Type : Sody tree rat
Scientific name of the  genus
Kadarsanomys
Musser , 1981
Scientific name of the  species
Kadarsanomys sodyi
( Bartels , 1937)
Distribution area of the Sody tree rat

The Sody tree rat ( Kadarsanomys sodyi ) is a rodent from the group of old world mice (Murinae).

Sody tree rats reach a head body length of 18 to 21 centimeters, plus a 26 to 31 centimeter long tail. Their fur is colored gray-brown on the upper side, the middle is slightly darker than the flanks, the underside is white. The tail, which is longer than the trunk, is light brown and covered with scales.

These rodents only live in the west of the Indonesian island of Java ; all specimens have so far been discovered in bamboo forests. They gnaw holes three to four centimeters in diameter in the bamboo stalks and create their nests there. Otherwise nothing is known about their way of life.

All known specimens were found in the 1930s, since then there have been no sightings of this species. Due to its small distribution area, the IUCN lists the Sody tree rat as "endangered" ( vulnerable ).

literature

  • Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
  • Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

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