Whitehead's spiny rat

Whitehead's spiny rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Maxomys
Species:	M. whiteheadi
Binomial name
Maxomys whiteheadi (Thomas, 1894)

Whitehead's spiny rat (Maxomys whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

References

1. Ruedas, L. (2016). "Maxomys whiteheadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T12907A22455267. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12907A22455267.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• 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. 1471. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.

External links

• Photo at ARKive.