Himalayan Field Rat

Himalayan Field Rat

Taxobox
name = Himalayan Field Rat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Rattus"
species_group = "R. norvegicus"
species = "R. nitidus"
binomial = "Rattus nitidus"
binomial_authority = (Hodgson, 1845)
synonyms =
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The Himalayan Field Rat ("Rattus nitidus") is a species of rodent in the Muridae family.It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Palau, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/19352/all Rattus nitidus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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