The Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

Sikkim rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. andamanensis
Binomial name
Rattus andamanensis
(Blyth, 1860)
Synonyms

R. sikkimensis Hinton, 1919

It is found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. The rat's coloring is brownish upperparts and a white underside[2] The mitochondrial genome of Rattus andamanensis has 2 rRNA genes, 22 tRNA genes, and 13 protein-coding genes, for a total of 37 genes which is similar to that of other vertebrates[3]

References

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  1. ^ Aplin, K.; Frost, A.; Chakraborty, S.; Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2016). "Rattus andamanensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T19361A115149094. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19361A22446146.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Himalayan field rat" Encyclopædia Britannica Online
  3. ^ Lv, Xinfang; Li, Haotian; Li, Yaoyao; Wang, Jing; Wang, Xinlei; Li, Yuchun (2019). "Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Indochinese Forest Rat, Rattus andamanensis (Rodentia: Muridae) and its phylogenetic analysis". Mitochondrial DNA Part B. 4. Mitochondrial DNA: 1455–1456. doi:10.1080/23802359.2019.1598811.