Rice-field rat

Taxobox
name = Rice-field Rat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
subfamilia = Murinae
genus = "Rattus"
species = "R. argentiventer"
binomial = "Rattus argentiventer"
binomial_authority = (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
range_

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The Rice-field Rat, "Rattus argentiventer" is a species of rat found throughout Southeast Asia.

Description

The Rice-field Rat is a medium-sized rat with a grizzed yellow-brown and black pelage. Its belly is gray in the midline with whiter flanks. The tail is uniformly medium brown. The Rice-field Rat is between 304-400mm long with a tail length of 140-200mm and a skull length of 37-41mm.

Habitat

Rice-field Rats primarily reside in cultivated areas such as rice paddies and grasslands. It is largely dependent on human rice fields and plantations. Rice field rats shelter in burrows in soil, under rocks, and in logs.

Biomes

* Savanna or grassland .

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern