Island mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Nesomyidae |
Genus: | Nesomys |
Species: | N. rufus
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Binomial name | |
Nesomys rufus Peters, 1870
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Island mouse range |
The island mouse[1] or eastern red forest rat[1] (Nesomys rufus) is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Madagascar.