Himalayan field rat
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Himalayan Field Rat | |
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Conservation status | |
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 family Muridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Sumatra, Palau, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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.
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