The Yunnan bush rat (''Hadromys yunnanensis'') is a species of
rodent from the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
. It has just recently been released from synonymy with the
Manipur bush rat
The Manipur bush rat (''Hadromys humei''), also known as Hume's rat or Hume's hadromys, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, and is listed as endangered.
Range and habitat
The species is endemic to nort ...
, and so there is very little information about it.
It was recognized as a separate species due to its much larger body size in comparison to the Manipur bush rat, relatively shorter tail, pure white underparts as opposed to gray, significantly shorter diastema, and shorter palate in relation to its skull.
It is located only in
Yunnan province of the
People's Republic of China, where it known only from Tongbiguan Nature Reserve in
Ruili City
Ruili (; tdd, ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ᥛᥣᥝᥰ; shn, မိူင်းမၢဝ်း; th, เมืองมาว; my, ရွှေလီ) is a county-level city of Dehong Prefecture, in the west of Yunnan province, People's Republic of China. It ...
.
References
Mammals described in 1987
Hadromys
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