Sumatran spiny rat
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Species of rodent
| Sumatran spiny rat | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Maxomys |
| Species: | M. hylomyoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Maxomys hylomyoides (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
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The Sumatran spiny rat (Maxomys hylomyoides) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Indonesia. It lives on the island Sumatra. It has a diet of bamboo, tapioca, and other plants.
References
[edit ]- ^ Clayton, E. (2016). "Maxomys hylomyoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016. IUCN: e.T12896A115107938. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12896A22456681.en . Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- 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. 1369. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
