Neill's long-tailed giant rat

Neill's long-tailed giant rat (Leopoldamys neilli) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and possibly Myanmar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas.Leopoldamys neilli is threatened by the destruction of limestone karst habitats.Six highly differentiated genetic lineages of Leopoldamys neilli were found in Kanchanaburi, West Central (Saraburi-Lopburi), East Central (Saraburi-Nakhon Ratchasima), Loei, Nan, and Phrae provinces of Thailand respectively.
Conservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeLeopoldamysBinomial namerodentThailandVietnamMyanmarhabitatsshrublandKanchanaburiSaraburiLopburiNakhon RatchasimaGene flowLimestone ratIUCN Red List of Threatened Speciesbiodiversity crisisMusser, G. G.Wilson, D. E.MurinaeChordateEuarchontogliresAfrican wading rat (C. goslingi)Ethiopian amphibious rat (N. plumbeus)ZelotomysHildegarde's broad-headed mouse (Z. hildegardeae)Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Z. woosnami)CrunomysCelebes shrew-rat (C. celebensis)Northern Luzon shrew-rat (C. fallax)Mindanao shrew-rat (C. melanius)Katanglad shrew-mouse (C. suncoides)SommeromysSommer's Sulawesi rat (S. macrorhinos)Mindoro climbing rat (A. mindorensis)Fea's tree rat (C. chiropus)Millard's rat (D. millardi)Sundaic mountain leopoldamys (L. ciliatus)Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat (L. diwangkarai)Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (L. edwardsi)Millet's leopoldamys (L. milleti)Long-tailed giant rat (L. sabanus)Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (L. siporanus)NiviventerAnderson's white-bellied rat (N. andersoni)Brahma white-bellied rat (N. brahma)Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (N. cameroni)Chinese white-bellied rat (N. confucianus)Coxing's white-bellied rat (N. coninga)Dark-tailed tree rat (N. cremoriventer)Oldfield white-bellied rat (N. culturatus)Smoke-bellied rat (N. eha)Large white-bellied rat (N. excelsior)Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (N. fraternus)Chestnut white-bellied rat (N. fulvescens)Limestone rat (N. hinpoon)Lang Bian white-bellied rat (N. langbianis)Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (N. lepturus)White-bellied rat (N. niviventer)Long-tailed mountain rat (N. rapit)Tenasserim white-bellied rat (N. tenaster)SaxatilomysPaulina's limestone rat (S. paulinae)Ohiya rat (S. ohiensis)TonkinomysDaovantien's limestone rat (T. daovantieni)DasymysGlover Allen's dasymys (D. alleni)Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat (D. cabrali)Fox's shaggy rat (D. foxi)African marsh rat (D. incomtus)Montane shaggy rat (D. montanus)Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes)Robert's shaggy rat (D. robertsii)West African shaggy rat (D. rufulus)Rwandan shaggy rat (D. rwandae)Tanzanian shaggy rat (D. sua)EchiothrixCentral Sulawesi echiothrix (E. centrosa)Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (E. leucura)Indian bush rat (G. ellioti)WikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistOpen Tree of Life