Himalayan Field Rat

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Himalayan Field Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Rattus Species group: R. norvegicus Species: R. nitidus
Binomial name
Rattus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845)

The Himalayan Field Rat (Rattus nitidus) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Palau, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus nitidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.