Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles 1821)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Spalacidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 907-926 : 915

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scientific name	Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles 1821)
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[Rhizomys] sumatrensis ( Raffles 1821) , Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 258.

Type Locality: Malaysia, Malacca.

Vernacular Names: Indomalayan Bamboo Rat.

Synonyms: Rhizomys cinereus M’Clelland 1842 ; Rhizomys dekan (Temminck 1832) ; Rhizomys erythrogenys Anderson 1877 ; Rhizomys insularis Thomas 1915 ; Rhizomys javanus (Cuvier 1829) ; Rhizomys padangensis Brongersma 1936 .

Distribution: Sumatra and Malay Peninsula ( Chasen, 1940; Medway, 1969), Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 a), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam ( Dang et al., 1994), S China (SW Yunnan; Zhang et al., 1997), and Burma ( Ellerman, 1961).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Informative regional reports covering distribution, taxonomy, morphology, and natural history exist for Thailand (J. T. Marshall, 1977 a), Burma ( Ellerman, 1961), and China (G. M. Allen, 1940). Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 100) documented by Hsu and Johnson (1963).