Sulawesi giant rat

The Sulawesi giant rat (Taeromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[3] The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia, where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line.^[1] It is frugivorous and semiarboreal.^[1] While not currently listed as threatened, it is impacted by both habitat destruction and subsistence hunting.^[1] In 2021, it was transferred from the monotypic genus Paruromys back to Taeromys, where it was previously placed by Henry Jacob Victor Sody in 1941.^[4]

Sulawesi giant rat Temporal range: Late Pliocene – Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Rattini
Genus:	Taeromys
Species:	T. dominator
Binomial name
Taeromys dominator (Thomas, 1921)[2]
Synonyms
frosti (Ellerman, 1949) ursinus (Sody, 1941)