Red spiny rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Red spiny rat Maxomys surifer Least concern

Where the red spiny rat lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 326 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Maxomys surifer
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the red spiny rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red spiny rat in 5 countries and territories across Asia.

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 red spiny rat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the red spiny rat?

The red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Maxomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red spiny rat

The red spiny rat (Maxomys surifer), also known as the Indomalayan maxomys, is a rodent species in the family Muridae that inhabits forests in Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and on the islands of Java, Borneo and Sumatra. In China, it has been recorded only in southernmost Yunnan.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red spiny rat (revision 1314901144), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1764790 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).