Sikkim Rat
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| Rattus andamanensis (Blyth, 1860) |
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sikkimensis Hinton, 1919 |
The Sikkim Rat (Rattus andamanensis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.
It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Young are called, "kittens", "nestlings", "pinkie" or "pups". Females are called, "does". Males are called "bucks". A group of rats is called a "colony", "hoarde", "pack", "plague" or "swarm". [1] The rat's coloring is brownish upperparts and a white underside[2]
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus sikkimensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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.
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