| Whitehead's spiny rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Maxomys |
| Species: | M. whiteheadi |
| Binomial name | |
| Maxomys whiteheadi (Thomas, 1894) | |
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Whitehead's spiny rat (Maxomys whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Maxomys is a genus of rodents, widespread in Southeast Asia. They are mid-sized rodents, similar to rats, that live on the ground of tropical rainforests. There they build nests, padded with fallen leaves from trees. They feed on roots, fallen fruit, and other plants, as well as insects. All species are shy and avoid food from humans.
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Dollman's spiny rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia.
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The red spiny rat 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. In China, it has been recorded only in Yunnan province.
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