Savile bandico rat

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Savile bandico rat
Systematics
Family : Long-tailed mice (Muridae)
Subfamily : Old World Mice (Murinae)
Tribe : Rattini
Rattus group
Genre : Bandicut rats ( Bandicota )
Type : Savile bandico rat
Scientific name
Bandicota savilei
Thomas , 1916

The Savile Bandicut Rat ( Bandicota savilei ) is a rodent found in Southeast Asia .

The species reaches a head-trunk length of 10 to 23 cm and a tail length of 7.5 to 19.5 cm. The weight varies between 200 and 320 g. The bristly fur is red-brown on the top with lots of black hairs interspersed with it and the peritoneum is gray-brown in color. The ears, 1.9 to 3.0 cm in size, are well haired on the back and the tail has a white tip on some specimens. The Savile bandican rat has narrower feet than the other species in the genus.

The distribution area stretches from central Myanmar through Thailand , Cambodia and possibly Laos to Vietnam . The Savile bandi rat is absent from the Malay Peninsula . It mostly stays in open habitats in the lowlands and avoids forests. The species is usually found in agricultural areas.

This rodent digs its underground burrows, which are not more than 46 cm below the surface, in dry places. In addition, trails are created through the flat vegetation. According to the few studies available, reproduction occurs in March during the dry season. Some females may have an earlier litter. A litter has 3 to 10 young animals.

The Savile bandican rat is known to be an agricultural pest. She eats z. B. Maize and young plants of the native bean ( Vigna mungo ). The population is considered stable, so that the species is listed as " Least Concern " by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) .

etymology

The name of the Savile bandican rat is dedicated to Leopold Halliday Savile (1870–1953).

literature

  • Oldfield Thomas: The Bandicoot of Mount Poa, and its Allies . In: The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society . tape 24 , 1916, pp. 640–643 ( online [accessed November 13, 2014]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ken P. Aplin, Peter R. Brown, Jens Jacob, Charles J. Krebs, Grant R. Singleton: Field methods for rodent studies in Asia and the Indo-Pacific (= ACIAR monograph 100). Pp. 131–132, Australian center for international agricultural research, Canberra 2003, ISBN 1-86320-393-1 , online (PDF; 3.13 MB)
  2. ↑ a b Bandicota savilei in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Aplin, K., 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2014.
  3. ↑ Oldfield Thomas, p. 642