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SPECIES Rhizomys sumatrensis

Author:Raffles, 1821.
Citation:Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 258.
Common Name:Indomalayan Bamboo Rat
Type Locality:Malaysia, Malacca.
Distribution:Sumatra and Malay Peninsula (Chasen, 1940; Medway, 1969), Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977a), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (Dang et al., 1994), S China (SW Yunnan; Zhang et al., 1997), and Burma (Ellerman, 1961).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Informative regional reports covering distribution, taxonomy, morphology, and natural history exist for Thailand (J. T. Marshall, 1977a), Burma (Ellerman, 1961), and China (G. M. Allen, 1940). Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 100) documented by Hsu and Johnson (1963).
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Synonyms:

    cinereus M’Clelland, 1842
    dekan (Temminck, 1832)
    erythrogenys Anderson, 1877
    insularis Thomas, 1915
    javanus (Cuvier, 1829)
    padangensis Brongersma, 1936

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