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.
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References
- ↑ 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
- 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
Media related to Laonastes aenigmamus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Laonastes aenigmamus at Wikispecies- Tel Aviv University gene study supports "living fossil" hypothesis