Hoary bamboo rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the hoary bamboo rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhizomys pruinosus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Spalacidae

Where does the hoary bamboo rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the hoary bamboo rat in 1 country or territory across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Guangdong.

Vietnam

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the hoary bamboo rat endangered?

The hoary bamboo rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the hoary bamboo rat?

The hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Spalacidae, genus Rhizomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the hoary bamboo rat

The hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam), East Asia (China) and South Asia (India).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Hoary bamboo rat (revision 1314902659), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2112404 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).