Luzon broad-toothed rat

Luzon broad-toothed rat; Temporal range:
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Rattini
Genus:	Abditomys; Musser, 1982[2]
Species:	A. latidens
Binomial name
	Abditomys latidens; (Sanborn, 1952)[3]
Synonyms
	Rattus latidens Sanborn, 1952[4];

The Luzon broad-toothed rat (Abditomys latidens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is endemic to central and northern Luzon in the Philippines. It is the only member of the genus Abditomys.

References

Heaney, L. (2008). "Abditomys latidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2014.old-form url
Musser, Guy G. (1982). "Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 107. A New Genus of Arboreal Rat from Luzon Island in the Philippines". American Museum Novitates (2730): 1–23. hdl:2246/5340.
"Abditomys latidens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
Sanborn, Colin Campbell (1952). "Philippine Zoological Expedition 1946–1947". Fieldiana: Zoology. 33 (2): 125–128.

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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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