Margaret’s haeromys

Description

Haeromys margarettae is a rodent from the genus Haeromys that occurs on Borneo.The first specimen of this animal was captured in the Penrisen Hills in Sarawak anddescribedin 1893 by Oldfield Thomas as a species of the genus Mus.Since then only one other copy has been found in Bettotan in Sabah.An alleged specimen of this species from Kalimantan was later identified as a young specimen of Müller's rat ( Sundamys muelleri).This species is closely related to the other species from Borneo,H.pusillus.The IUCN sees it as "vulnerable" due to loss of habitat and a very small,fragmented distribution