Small-eared rat

The small-eared rat (Taeromys microbullatus) is an extant species of Old World rodent that inhabits the southeast of Sulawesi, an Indonesian island. It is found in the Mekongga Mountains of southeastern Sulawesi. After the species was identified in 1935, it was associated with other rodents in the following decades: with R. xanthurus in 1941, with P. dominator from 1949, and later with T. callitrichus from 1970. In Mammal Species of the World, a more contemporary record suggests that T. microbullatus is closer to T. callitrichus than to other species within the genus Taeromys.