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Millet's Long-tailed Giant Rat

Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines

Leopoldamys milleti

Basic stats

Diet

Omnivore

Habitat

Montane forest, tolerant of secondary forest

Range

Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam

Millet's leopoldamys is a species of rodent in the family Muridae that lives in the Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam, although its distribution limits are unresolved. It is a large, terrestrial omnivore that prefers montane forest but is tolerant of secondary forest. Only a handful of museum specimens document it, and it occurs in a number of protected Vietnamese areas (Wikipedia, general species account).

It was originally recognised in 1922 by Herbert Christopher Robinson and Cecil Boden Kloss as a 'remarkably distinct race' of Edwards's long-tailed giant rat, and remained described as such for many years.

Quick answers

What does the Millet's Long-tailed Giant Rat eat?
Omnivore
What habitat does the Millet's Long-tailed Giant Rat live in?
Montane forest, tolerant of secondary forest
Where is the Millet's Long-tailed Giant Rat found?
Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam
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