Red spiny rat
Species of rodent
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Conservation status | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Maxomys |
Species: | M. surifer |
Binomial name | |
Maxomys surifer (Miller, 1900) | |
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The red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer), also known as the Indomalayan maxomys, is a rodent species in the family Muridae that inhabits forests in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and on the islands of Java, Borneo and Sumatra.[1] In China, it has been recorded only in southernmost Yunnan.[2]
References
- ^ a b Aplin, K. (2016). "Maxomys surifer". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12905A22455389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12905A22455389.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Lunde, D.; Smith, A.T.; Hoffmann, R. S. (2008). "Indomalayan Maxomys". In Smith, A. T.; Xie, Y. (eds.). A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 262. ISBN 9781400834112.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1372. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Hadromys–Maxomys)
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Hadromys (Manipur bush rat) |
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Dephomys (Defua rats) |
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Hybomys (Hump-nosed mice) |
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Stochomys |
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Baiyankamys |
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Crossomys |
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Hydromys (Water rats) |
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Microhydromys |
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Paraleptomys |
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Lorentzimys |
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Malacomys (Big-eared swamp rats) |
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Maxomys (Rajah rats) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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