Rhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles 1821)

[Rhizomys] sumatrensis (Raffles 1821), Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 13: 258.

Type Locality: Malaysia, Malacca.

Vernacular Names: Indomalayan Bamboo Rat.

Synonyms: Rhizomys cinereus M’Clelland 1842; Rhizomys dekan (Temminck 1832); Rhizomys erythrogenys Anderson 1877; Rhizomys insularis Thomas 1915; Rhizomys javanus (Cuvier 1829); Rhizomys padangensis Brongersma 1936 .

Distribution: Sumatra and Malay Peninsula (Chasen, 1940; Medway, 1969), Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 a), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam (Dang et al., 1994), S China (SW Yunnan; Zhang et al., 1997), and Burma (Ellerman, 1961).

Conservation: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Informative regional reports covering distribution, taxonomy, morphology, and natural history exist for Thailand (J. T. Marshall, 1977 a), Burma (Ellerman, 1961), and China (G. M. Allen, 1940). Karyotype (2n = 50, FN = 100) documented by Hsu and Johnson (1963).