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Hume's Hadromys

Hadromys humei

Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Hadromys
IUCN status
EN
Distribution
India
Realm
Indomalaya

Other names: Hume's Rat|Manipur Bush Rat

About this species

Size
Head and body 95–140mm
Habitat
Tropical evergreen, moist deciduous and secondary forest at about 900–1,300m
Range
Endemic to north-east India: Assam (Kamrup) and Manipur

The Manipur bush rat, also known as Hume's rat or Hume's hadromys, is endemic to north-east India. It has been recorded from Angarakhata in Kamrup district, Assam, and from Bishnupur, Imphal, Senapati and Karong in Manipur. Head and body length has been given as 95–140 mm (Wikipedia, general species account).

It lives at medium altitudes of about 900–1,300 m, in tropical evergreen, moist deciduous and secondary forests. The cached account gives no diet, behaviour or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

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