Bower's white-toothed rat (''Berylmys bowersi'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Muridae native to southeast Asia.
Distribution and habitat
The species is found in
China,
India
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,
Indonesia
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,
Laos,
Malaysia
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,
Myanmar
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,
Thailand
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, and
Vietnam
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. It occurs in a wide variety of habitats, including plantations, subtropical and montane forests, cultivated fields, shrubland, and disturbed forests. While patchily distributed, it is common and locally abundant.
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References
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Berylmys
Rats of Asia
Rodents of Southeast Asia
Rodents of China
Rodents of India
Rodents of Indonesia
Rodents of Myanmar
Rodents of Thailand
Rodents of Vietnam
Mammals described in 1879
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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