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Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles, 1821)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. vol.13 p.258

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Spalacidae
genus
Rhizomys
species
Rhizomys sumatrensis

Name

Synonyms
Rhizomys cinereus M'Clelland, 1842
Rhizomys erythrogenys Anderson, 1877
Homonyms
Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles, 1821)
Common names
Indomalayan Bamboo Rat in English
Indomalayan Bamboo Rat in English
Indomalayan Bamboo Rat in English
Large Bamboo Rat in English
Large Bamboo Rat in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott (1966) Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition
  2. Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott, 1966: null. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition. 810.
  3. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Superfamily Muroidea: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
  4. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Superfamily Muroidea: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
  5. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
  6. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
  7. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  8. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World
  9. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World
  10. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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