Laotian rock rat
| Laotian rock rat | |
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| Young male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Diatomyidae |
| Genus: | Laonastes Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 |
| Species: | L. aenigmamus |
| Binomial name | |
| Laonastes aenigmamus Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 | |
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The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou[2] (Laonastes aenigmamus, Lao: ຂະຍຸ), is a rodent species of the Khammouan area of Laos, first named in 2005.
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Duckworth, J.W. (2016). "Laonastes aenigmamus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T136474A22199035. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136474A22199035.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Owen, James (May 16, 2005). "New Rodent Discovered at Asian Food Market". National Geographic News. Archived from the original on May 19, 2005. Retrieved Sep 19, 2010.
...odd-looking mammal, known locally as the kha-nyou....
Further reading
[change | change source]- Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. (1993): Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institution Press.
- Herbreteau, V., V. Nicolas, R. Cornette, and J. P. Hugot. 2006. Une récente découverte au Laos: le Kha-nyou rongeur énigmatique. Le Courrier de la Nature 213:28–33.
- Keovichit K, Nicolas V., Hugot J-P., 2011. Laonastes aenigmamus, an enigmatic rodent recently discovered in Laos. Bull. Acad. Vet., France 164, 135–140.
- Rivière-Dobigny T, Herbreteau V, Keovichit K, Douangboupha B, Morand S, Michaux J and Hugot JP. 2011. Highly divergent lineages within the recently described rodent species Laonastes aenigmamus. Implications for its conservation. Journal of Mammalogy 92 (3): 620–628.
- Herrel A, A-C Fabre, JP Hugot, K Keovichit, D Adriaens, L Brabant, L Hoorebeke and R Cornette, 2012. Ontogeny of the cranial system in Laonastes aenigmamus. J. Anat. 221:128–137 doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01519.x
- "Oddball Rodent" Found (in Plain View) Is Called New to Science
- Carnegie Museum Press Release: "New family of mammal really living fossil" with images
- Environment News Service: "Rodent Discovered in Laos Defines New Family of Mammals" contains photos
- Retired Professor Captures A 'Living Fossil' – Laotian Rock Rat Once Believed To Have Gone Extinct Florida State University (ScienceDaily) June 14, 2006
Other websites
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Media related to Laonastes aenigmamus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Laonastes aenigmamus at Wikispecies- Tel Aviv University gene study supports "living fossil" hypothesis
