Delacour's marmoset rat

Delacour's marmoset rat
Delacour's marmoset rat Bình Phước province (Southern Vietnam)
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Hapalomys
Species:	H. delacouri
Binomial name
Hapalomys delacouri Thomas, 1927

Delacour's marmoset rat (Hapalomys delacouri), also known as the lesser marmoset rat,^[2] is an arboreal species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, Laos, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is montane subtropical or tropical dry forest at elevations from 1,200 to 1,500 m (3,900 to 4,900 ft).^[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. Dando, T.; Kennerley, R. (2021). "Hapalomys delacouri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T9679A22402299. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T9679A22402299.en.
2. "Hapalomys delacouri O. Thomas, 1927". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

Further reading

• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1329. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.