Bower's white-toothed rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Berylmys |
Species: | B. bowersi |
Binomial name | |
Berylmys bowersi (Anderson, 1879) |
Bower's white-toothed rat (Berylmys bowersi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae native to southeast Asia.
The species is found in China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. It coocurs in a wide variety of habitats, including plantations, subtropical and montane forests, cultivated fields, shrubland, and disturbed forests. While patchily distributed, it is common and locally abundant.