Species of Thailand
Sikkim rat
Rattus andamanensis
Edward Blyth, 1860
The Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. The rat's coloring is brownish upperparts and a white underside.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Rattus
- Species
- Rattus andamanensis
Common names
- English:
- Indochinese forest rat
- Sikkim rat
Synonyms
- Rattus sikkimensis, Hinton (1919)
- Rattus remotus, Herbert Christopher Robinson & Cecil Boden Kloss (1914)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
Photos
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