Millet's leopoldamys (Leopoldamys milleti) is a large rodent of the family Muridae that lives in the Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam, although the limits of its distribution are not yet settled. It is a terrestrial omnivore that prefers montane forest but tolerates secondary forest. Only a handful of museum specimens record it, yet it is presumed to have a high and stable population, no major threats are apparent, and it occurs in a number of protected areas in Vietnam; the IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern. Herbert Christopher Robinson and Cecil Boden Kloss recognised it in 1922 as a remarkably distinct race of Edwards's long-tailed giant rat, and it stayed classed that way for a long time. It differs from that species in its much darker back fur and larger auditory bullae.
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It lives in the Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam
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It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List
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it is presumed to have a high, stable population
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Millet's leopoldamys is a large, terrestrial omnivore that prefers montane forest
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It lives in the Langbian highlands of southern Vietnam
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