Hapalomys

Hapalomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species:

  • Delacour's marmoset rat (Hapalomys delacouri)
  • marmoset rat (Hapalomys longicaudatus)
  • Suntsov's marmoset rat (Hapalomys suntsovi), a Vietnamese endemic recently described from Binh Phuoc Province, southern Vietnam [1]

Hapalomys
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
adult male Hapalomys suntsovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Genus: Hapalomys
Blyth, 1859
Species

Hapalomys delacouri
Hapalomys longicaudatus
Hapalomys suntsovi Hapalomys gracilis

Hapalomys gracilis (fossil species)

References

  1. Abramov, A. V.; Balakirev, A. E.; Rozhnov, V. V. (2017). "New insights into the taxonomy of the marmoset rats Hapalomys (Rodentia: Muridae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 65: 20–28.


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