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Rattus
tawitawiensis
Musser and Heaney, 1985. Amer. Mus. Novitates, 2818:5.
ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae
COMMON NAME—Tawi-tawi
forest rat.
DISTRIBUTION—Known only from Tawitawi Island, Sulu Archipelago.
HABITAT—Unknown.
STATUS—Uncertain; geographically restricted, probably threatened
by habitat destruction. IUCN: Vulnerable
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