Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Batomys hamiguitan
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Data deficient (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat endangered?

The Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Data deficient” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat?

The Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (Batomys hamiguitan) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Batomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat

The Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (Batomys hamiguitan) is one of five species of rodent in the genus Batomys. It is in the diverse family Muridae. This species is found only in the Philippines. is a yellow-brown animal with a long furry tail, weighs about 175 grams (6.2 oz), and is related to several other species known in Central Mindanao, Dinagat Island and Luzon. It lives only in an area that's at least 950 metres (3,120 ft) high, and in dwarf mossy forests less than 10 square kilometres (3.9 sq mi).

It was the last member of its genus to be discovered in May 2006. According to team leader and lead author Danilo Balete, "Hamiguitan batomys is the first mammal to be described from Eastern Mindanao, and the first thought to live only in that area."

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hamiguitan hairy-tailed rat (revision 1366737049), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1880983 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).