Okinawa Spiny Rat
Tokudaia muenninki
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Post a photoA rodent with stiff, spiny hairs on its back living in the Yanbaru forest of northern Okinawa Island, endemic to Japan. Its unusual chromosomes make it scientifically precious. With a tiny range and facing extinction, it is protected as one of the spiny rats.
- Scientific name
- Tokudaia muenninki
- Group
- Mammals
- Prefectures
- Kagoshima, Okinawa
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- Critically EndangeredMinistry of the Environment Red List 2020
- 日本語
- オキナワトゲネズミ
- 简体中文
- 冲绳刺鼠
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The Okinawa Spiny Rat is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kagoshima, Okinawa.
The Okinawa Spiny Rat is listed as "Critically Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 (listed as オキナワトゲネズミ).
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