Bower's white-toothed rat
Appearance
Bower's white-toothed rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Berylmys |
Species: | B. bowersi
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Binomial name | |
Berylmys bowersi (Anderson, 1879)
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Bower's white-toothed rat (Berylmys bowersi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southeast Asia.
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It occurs in a wide variety of habitats, including plantations, subtropical and montane forests, cultivated fields, shrubland, and disturbed forests. While patchily distributed, it is common and locally abundant.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Aplin, K.; Lunde, D.; Molur, S. (2016). "Berylmys bowersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T2768A115063357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2768A22427359.en.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1297. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.