Bower's white-toothed rat

Bower's white-toothed rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Berylmys
Species: B. bowersi
Binomial name
Berylmys bowersi
(Anderson, 1879)

Bower's white-toothed rat (Berylmys bowersi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southeast Asia.

Distribution and habitat

The species is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It coocurs 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

  1. 1 2 Aplin, K., Lunde, D. & Molur, S. (2016). "Berylmys bowersi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T2768A115063357. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.


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