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Bamboo rats vary in size, from the lesser bamboo rat, which is typically 15 to 25 cm (5.9 to 9.8 in) long (head and body: tail length is 6–8 cm (2.4–3.1 in)), and weighs from 500 to 750 g (18 to 26 oz), to the Sumatra bamboo rat, which can reach lengths of nearly 50 cm (20 in) with a 20 cm (7.9 in) tail, and weighs up to 4 kg (8.8 lb).
The large bamboo rat, Sumatran rat, or Indomalayan rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of four species of bamboo rat. Individuals can reach lengths of nearly 50 cm (20 in) with a 20 cm (7.9 in) tail, and weigh up ...
A bamboo rat from Nagaland, Northeastern India. Rhizomys, also known as bamboo rat, is a genus of rodents in the family Spalacidae. [1] Rhizomys are all stocky burrowers with short, naked tails, and contains the following species: Hoary bamboo rat (R. pruinosus) Chinese bamboo rat (R. sinensis) Large bamboo rat (R. sumatrensis)
The Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae found in southern China, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. Its habitat is bamboo thickets usually at high elevations, pine forests, and plantations .
The rodent subfamily Rhizomyinae includes the Asian bamboo rats and certain of the African mole-rats.The subfamily is grouped with the Spalacinae and the Myospalacinae into a family of fossorial muroid rodents basal to the other Muroidea.
The lesser bamboo rat is a small, stocky mole-like rat.It reaches a length of about 200 mm (8 in) with a tail of around 60 mm (2 in), weighing between 210 and 340 grams (7.4 and 12.0 oz).
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This rat is nocturnal and lives alone in a simple burrow, which has a single entrance marked by a mound, an escape exit, a nest chamber, and latrine chamber. The nest is lined with dried grasses and shreds of bamboo. The bamboo rat emerges at night to forage for plant material, mostly feeding on the stems and roots of bamboos and beard grass ...