The long-headed hill rat (Bunomys prolatus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, where it is known only from Mount Tambusisi. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest, and it is threatened by habitat loss. The Mammal Diversity Database gives it the alternative names Tambusisi hill rat and Tambusisi bunomys, places it in the Australasian realm, and records the IUCN Red List status Vulnerable. It was described by G. G. Musser in 1991 in a paper on new Sulawesi rodents of the genera Bunomys and Maxomys, from a specimen taken on Gunung Tambusisi at about 1,830 metres in central Sulawesi.
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It is found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is only known from Mount Tambusisi.
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It is found only in Sulawesi, Indonesia, where it is only known from Mount Tambusisi.
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Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
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