Sundaic Mountain Leopoldamys
Leopoldamys ciliatus (Bonhote, 1900)
Also calledRat cilié (fra) · Sunda-Langschwanz-Riesenratte (deu) · wielkogon sundajski (pol) · ペラコミミネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1900 p.879
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Montane forest formations on Malay Peninsula (usually above 1000 m; Medway, 1969; Yong, 1970) and mountain backbone of Sumatra (usually above 1000 m; Chasen, 1940; Robinson and Kloss, 1916; Miller, 1942); range also derived from study of specimens in ANSP, AMNH, BMNH, RMBR, RMNH, and USNM.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Malaysia, Perak (Malay Peninsula), Gunung Inas.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. The Sundaic Mountain Long-tailed Giant Rat is apparently nocturnal and mostly terrestrial, occasionally climbing trees.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Found primary and degraded tropical moist forests at elevations above 1000 m. In Malaysia, the Sundaic Mountain Long-tailed Giant Rat is found in montane forests with peaty floors, carpeted with mosses and many crevices in rocks and trees, and has been recorded down to 615 m, although it mainly stays above 1075 m.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Leopoldamys ciliatus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264874.