| Sulawesi giant rat Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Rattini |
| Genus: | Paruromys Ellerman, 1954 |
| Species: | P. dominator |
| Binomial name | |
| Paruromys dominator | |
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TheSulawesi giant rat (Paruromys dominator) is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae.[3] It ismonotypic in thegenusParuromys. The species isendemic toSulawesi inIndonesia, where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line.[1] It isfrugivorous and semiarboreal.[1] While not currently listed as threatened, it is impacted by bothhabitat destruction and subsistence hunting.[1]
