Mammals of the WorldBowers's White-toothed Rat
Berylmys bowersii
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Berylmys
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- India|Myanmar|China|Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|Malaysia|Indonesia
- Realm
- Palearctic|Indomalaya
Other names: Bowers's Berylmys|Bowers's Rat
About this species
- Habitat
- Plantations, subtropical and montane forest, cultivated fields, shrubland and disturbed forest
- Range
- China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam
Bower's white-toothed rat, Berylmys bowersi, is a rodent in the family Muridae, native to Southeast Asia and the eastern Himalayan region. The cached account is very short and gives no measurements or details of its diet or breeding (Wikipedia, general species account).
It occurs in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, in a wide variety of habitats including plantations, subtropical and montane forests, cultivated fields, shrubland and disturbed forests. Its distribution is patchy, but it is described as common and locally abundant (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)