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Red spiny rat

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Red spiny rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Maxomys
Species:
M. surifer
Binomial name
Maxomys surifer
(Miller, 1900)

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Smith, A. T.; Xie, Y., eds. (2008). "Indomalayan Maxomys". A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 262. ISBN 9781400834112. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)