Red spiny rat
| Red spiny rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Maxomys |
| Species: | M. surifer
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| Binomial name | |
| Maxomys surifer (Miller, 1900)
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The red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer) is a rodent species in the family Muridae that inhabits forests in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and on Java, Borneo and Sumatra islands.[1] In China, it has been recorded only in Yunnan province.[2]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Aplin, K. (2016). "Maxomys surifer". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T12905A22455389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12905A22455389.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ Lunde, D. Smith, A.T. and 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.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- 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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- Mammals described in 1900
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