Biology:Tokunoshima spiny rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Tokudaia |
| Species: | T. tokunoshimensis
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| Tokudaia tokunoshimensis Endo & Tsuchiya , 2006
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The Tokunoshima spiny rat (Tokudaia tokunoshimensis) is a rodent found only on the island of Tokunoshima in the Satsunan Islands of Japan . Due to its small habitat, it is considered endangered. It is commonly found in the secondary and primary subtropical moist broadleaf forests of this island.[1] The karyotype has an odd diploid number, 2n = 45.[2] Like its relative T. osimensis, it is one of the few mammals that lack a Y chromosome and SRY gene.[3]
The species is threatened by deforestation and predation by feral cats and dogs.[1]
See also
- Ellobius lutescens
- Ellobius tancrei
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2016). "Tokudaia tokunoshimensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136695A22409747. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136695A22409747.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136695/22409747. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Tokudaia muenninki". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1512-1513. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001849.
- ↑ "Additional copies of CBX2 in the genomes of males of mammals lacking SRY, the Amami spiny rat (Tokudaia osimensis) and the Tokunoshima spiny rat (Tokudaia tokunoshimensis)". Chromosome Research 19 (5): 635–644. 2011-06-08. doi:10.1007/s10577-011-9223-6. PMID 21656076.
Wikidata ☰ Q3018463 entry
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