Sikkim rat
Species of rodent
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The Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
| Sikkim rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. andamanensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rattus andamanensis (Blyth, 1860) | |
| Synonyms | |
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R. sikkimensis Hinton, 1919 | |
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]
