Dinagat hairy-tailed rat [SEP] parent taxon
Dinagat hairy-tailed rat
Dinagat hairy-tailed rat or Russet Batomys ("Batomys russatus") is one of five species of rodent in the genus Batomys. It is in the diverse family Muridae.
This species is endemic to the Philippines.
Distribution.
This rat is found on Dinagat Island and possibly on other islands nearby. Further surveys have yet to be carried out, but it is currently endangered accouring to the IUCN.
Key Biodiversity Areas identified by Haribon Foundation and the Philippine Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The Key Biodiversity Areas include: Mt. Kambinliw and Mt. Redondo in Dinagat Islands which is home to the critically endangered Dinagat bushy-tailed cloud rat which was recently rediscovered after decades of disappearance, the endangered Dinagat hairy-tailed rat, Dinagat Gymnure which has been declared by the EDGE Species Programme of the Zoological Society of London as one of the top 100 most evolutionary distinct and globally endangered species in the world, and a strange sub-