The Mindanao hairy-tailed rat (Batomys salomonseni) is one of five species of rodent in the genus Batomys, in the diverse family Muridae. It is found only in the Philippines. The Mammal Diversity Database places it in the Indomalayan realm, also lists it as the Mindanao batomys, and records its IUCN Red List status as Least Concern. It was described by C. C. Sanborn in 1953 from mammals collected on Mindanao by the Danish Philippine Expedition of 1951 and 1952, and the type locality given is Mount Katanglad in Bukidnon Province on Mindanao Island.
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This species is found only in the Philippines.
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