Soft-furred Rat

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Soft-furred Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Millardia Species: M. meltada
Binomial name
Millardia meltada (Gray, 1837)

The Soft-furred Rat (Millardia meltada) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It it found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Millardia meltada. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 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.