Savile's bandicoot rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Bandicota
Species:
B. savilei
Binomial name
Bandicota savilei
Thomas, 1916

Savile's bandicoot rat (Bandicota savilei) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. This species inhabits dry agricultural lands, where they feed on crops such as corn.[2]

Parasites[3]

  • Leptospira spp.
  • Orientia tsutsugamushi
  • Bartonella spp.
  • Hantaviruses

References

  1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Bandicota savilei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T2542A115062801. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T2542A22447660.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. Herbreteau, Vincent; Demoraes, Florent; Hugot, Jean‐Pierre; Kittayapong, Pattamaporn; Salem, GéRard; Souris, Marc; Gonzalez, Jean‐Paul (October 2006). "Perspectives on Applied Spatial Analysis to Animal Health: A Case of Rodents in Thailand". Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1081 (1): 17–29. doi:10.1196/annals.1373.002. ISSN 0077-8923.
  3. Morand, Serge; Bordes, Frédéric; Blasdell, Kim; Pilosof, Shai; Cornu, Jean‐François; Chaisiri, Kittipong; Chaval, Yannick; Cosson, Jean‐François; Claude, Julien; Feyfant, Tristan; Herbreteau, Vincent; Dupuy, Stéphane; Tran, Annelise (June 2015). McCallum, Hamish (ed.). "Assessing the distribution of disease‐bearing rodents in human‐modified tropical landscapes". Journal of Applied Ecology. 52 (3): 784–794. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12414. ISSN 0021-8901.


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