What is Laotian rock rat?
{{Taxobox | name = Laotian rock rat | fossil_range = Recent | image = Laonastes aenigmamus - young male JP Hugot PLOS ONE.jpg | status = EN | status_system = iucn3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | subordo = [[Hystricomorpha]] | familia = [[Diatomyidae]] | genus = '''''Laonastes''''' | genus_authority = [[Paulina D. Jenkins|Jenkins]], Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 | species = '''''L. aenigmamus''''' | binomial = ''Laonastes aenigmamus'' | binomial_authority = Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005 }} The '''Laotian rock rat''' or '''kha-nyou''' (''Laonastes aenigmamus'') is a [[rodent]] species of the [[Khammouan]] area of [[Laos]], first named in 2005. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Rodents]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]]