Broad-toothed mouse
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Mastacomys Thomas, 1882 |
| Species: | M. fuscus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882
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The broad-toothed mouse or broad-toothed rat (Mastacomys fuscus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
Distribution and habitat
It is found only in South-eastern Australia. In
Habitat preferences are areas of herbfields, grasslands and forests with minimal shrubs but a dense covering of sedge, grass, herbs and moss, where precipitation does not fall below 1400 mm per year in alpine areas and others 1000 mm at lower altitudes (DCNR 1995 pp. 208–210).
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 0-19-550870-X.
- ISBN 0-19-553733-5
- ^ Menkhorst and Knight, 2001 p. 198
- OCLC 62265494.
- BROAD-TOOTHED RAT, MASTACOMYS FUSCUS (RODENTIA, MURIDAE), FOUND IN ALPINE HEATHLAND IN TASMANIA by MICHAEL M. DRIESSEN
External links
Media related to Mastacomys fuscus at Wikimedia Commons
