Sikkim rat
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. andamanensis
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| Rattus andamanensis (Blyth, 1860)
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R. sikkimensis Hinton, 1919 | |
The Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. The rat's coloring is brownish upperparts and a white underside[2] The mitochondrial genome of Rattus andamanensis has 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 13 protein-coding genes, for a total of 37 genes which is similar to that of other vertebrates[3]
References
- ^ Aplin, K.; Frost, A.; Chakraborty, S.; Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2016). "Rattus andamanensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T19361A115149094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19361A22446146.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ^ "Himalayan field rat" Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- ^ Lv, Xinfang; Li, Haotian; Li, Yaoyao; Wang, Jing; Wang, Xinlei; Li, Yuchun (2019). "Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Indochinese Forest Rat, Rattus andamanensis (Rodentia: Muridae) and its phylogenetic analysis". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4. Mitochondrial DNA: 1455–1456. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1598811.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1464. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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