Red spiny rat

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Red spiny rat
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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) is a rodent species in the family Muridae that inhabits forests in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and on Java, Borneo and Sumatra islands. [1] In China, it has been recorded only in Yunnan province. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Aplin, K. (2016). "Maxomys surifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T12905A22455389. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12905A22455389.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Lunde, D.; Smith, A.T.; Hoffmann, R. S. (2008). "Indomalayan Maxomys". In Smith, A. T.; Xie, Y. (eds.). A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 262. ISBN   9781400834112.