Whitehead's spiny rat

Whitehead's spiny rat
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Maxomys
Species:	M. whiteheadi
Binomial name
Maxomys whiteheadi (Thomas, 1894)

Whitehead's spiny rat (Maxomys whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

References[]

• Baillie, J. 1996. Maxomys whiteheadi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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. 1471. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

External links[]

• Photo at ARKive.

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