Large Luzon forest rat

The Large Luzon forest rat, Bullimus luzonicus, also called the Luzon forest rat, is a rodent in the family Muridae. Wikipedia describes it as the first of three species described in the genus Bullimus and as found only in the Philippines, with records from the provinces of Aurora, Benguet and Camarines Sur and from Balbalasang in Kalinga province. It was first described in 1895 by Oldfield Thomas from northern Luzon under the name Mus luzonicus, and the Mammal Diversity Database gives its type locality as Mount Data on Luzon. That database lists it as a living species of the Indomalayan realm, in the subfamily Murinae and the tribe Rattini, with a Least Concern rating on the IUCN Red List, and records the further common name Luzon Bullimus. The Animal Diversity Web places the genus Bullimus within the Old World mice and rats of the family Muridae.