Ryukyu spiny rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Tokudaia |
Species: | T. osimensis
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Binomial name | |
Tokudaia osimensis (Y. Abe, 1934)
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The Ryukyu spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[2] Endemic to Amami Ōshima island in the Amami Islands of the Ryukyu archipelago of Japan , its natural habitat is subtropical moist broadleaf forest. The karyotype has an odd diploid number, 2n = 25.[2] Like its relative T. tokunoshimensis, it has lost its Y chromosome and SRY gene.[3]
The species is threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation, predation by feral cats and dogs and introduced mongooses, and competition with introduced black rats.[1]
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Wikidata ☰ Q1767684 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryukyu spiny rat.
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