Biology:Red spiny rat

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Short description: Species of rodent

Red spiny rat
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Maxomys
Species:
M. surifer
Binomial name
Maxomys surifer
(Miller, 1900)
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The red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer), also known as the Indomalayan maxomys, is a rodent species in the family Muridae that inhabits forests in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and on the islands of Java, Borneo and Sumatra.[1] In China , it has been recorded only in southernmost Yunnan.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Aplin, K. (2016). "Maxomys surifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12905A22455389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12905A22455389.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12905/22455389. Retrieved 16 November 2021. 
  2. Lunde, D.; Smith, A.T.; Hoffmann, R. S. (2008). "Indomalayan Maxomys". in Smith, A. T.; Xie, Y.. A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 262. ISBN 9781400834112. https://books.google.com/books?id=ka-9f68nPT4C&pg=PA262. 


Wikidata ☰ Q1764790 entry