Fat-nosed spiny rat



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Fat-nosed spiny rat

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Maxomys inflatus

 

The Fat-nosed spiny rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the fatnosed spiny rat
A young / baby of a fatnosed spiny rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A fatnosed spiny rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
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Indonesia

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