The giant Sulawesi rat (Taeromys dominator), also called the Sulawesi giant rat, is a rodent in the family Muridae that is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. It inhabits forests from sea level up to the tree line, is semiarboreal and feeds on fruit. It is not currently listed as threatened, but its populations are affected by the loss of its forest habitat and by subsistence hunting. The species was long placed in the monotypic genus Paruromys, but in 2021 it was transferred back to Taeromys, the genus in which Henry Jacob Victor Sody had placed it in 1941, so older references may list it as Paruromys dominator.
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The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia
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It is frugivorous and semiarboreal.
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where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line
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where it inhabits forests at elevations from sea level to the tree line
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it is impacted by both habitat destruction and subsistence hunting
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it is impacted by both habitat destruction and subsistence hunting
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The species is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia
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is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
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The Sulawesi giant rat (Taeromys dominator) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
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