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Bunomys coelestis (heavenly hill rat)

Synonyms: Mus coelestis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Heavenly Hill Rat (Bunomys coelestis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
View Wikipedia Record: Bunomys coelestis

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Bunomys coelestis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
65
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 8.22
EDGE Score: 4.99
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  111 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  40 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  60 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Sulawesi montane rain forests Indonesia Australasia Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gunung Lompobatang Protection Forest 49421 Indonesia  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Gunung Lampobatang Protection Forest Indonesia

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Wallacea East Timor, Indonesia Yes

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0