bamboo rat
English
Noun
bamboo rat (plural bamboo rats)
- Any of the four species of burrowing rodents in the spalacid tribe Rhizomyini, found in China and southeast Asia
Derived terms
- Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis)
- hoary bamboo rat (Rhizomys pruinosus)
- Sumatran bamboo rat, Indomalayan bamboo rat, large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)
- lesser bamboo rat (Cannomys badius)
Translations
rodent in the genera Rhizomys or Cannomys
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References
bamboo rat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Rhizomyini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Rhizomyinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons