Mindoro climbing rat

The Mindoro Rat ( Anonymomys mindorensis ) is a little-known rodent in the Philippine island of Mindoro.

All specimens were seen on the slopes of ilong peak in the northeast of the island. They had a body length of about 12 centimeters, were added about 20 inches tail length. They were on the upper side light brown and whitish. The coat was spiny- setose, the tail was wearing a tassel. Externally similar to the Mindoro Rat a white-bellied rat ( genus Niviventer ), but is anatomically distinguished by a shorter snout and large teeth in relation to this.

Mindoro rats are apparently arboreal. The only locality is around 1,400 meters above sea level. The IUCN lists the species under "too little data available " ( data deficient ).

The Mindoro rat is not closely related to other Philippine Altweltmäusen, but forms with some other Southeast Asian species Dacnomys group.