Chinese bamboo rat

Chinese bamboo rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Spalacidae
Genus: Rhizomys
Species:
R. sinensis
Binomial name
Rhizomys sinensis

The Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in southern China, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. Its habitat is bamboo thickets usually at high elevations, pine forests, and plantations.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lunde, D.; Aplin, K.; Musser, G. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rhizomys sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19646A115152572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19646A22275131.en. Retrieved 12 September 2024.