Millard's rat

The Millard Rat ( Dacnomys millardi ) is a rodent species from the group of Altweltmäuse ( Murinae ).

General

Millard rats are relatively large representative of Altweltmäuse with a long tail. They reach a body length 23-29 centimeters, the tail measures 31 to 34 centimeters. Her thick, coarse fur is at the top olive brown to gray in color brown, the underside is painted in a bright red-brown. The ears are small and brown, the tail is covered with fine, short hair. The molars are hochkronig, the row of teeth is very long.

Millard rats living in eastern Nepal, in the north-eastern India, southern China and neighboring regions of Laos and Vietnam. Their habitat is mountainous, evergreen forests. Otherwise, nothing is known about their way of life.

There are few sightings of this kind can be made accordingly to the degree of danger is no precise information. The IUCN leads the Millard - rat "too little data available " ( data deficient ).

System

The Millard rat is at Wilsin & Reeder (2005) named the Dacnomys group, a spread in Southeast Asia group that acts as yet the genera Mindoro rats ( Anonymomys ), Fea - tree rats ( Chiromyscus ), long-tailed giant rat ( Leopoldamys ) White-bellied rats ( Niviventer ) and Sri Lanka rats ( Srilankamys ) includes. The newly discovered species Saxatilomys Paulinae and Tonkinomys daovantieni probably belong here.

According to genetic studies of Lecompte et al. (2008) are the animals of the Dacnomys group is part of a predominantly widespread in Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia Radiation of Altweltmäuse, the Rattini. This includes radiation nor the Crunomys group that Maxomys group that Micromys group and the Rattus group.