What are the species of bamboo rats?

Bamboo rodents are known as bamboo mice, also known as bamboo distillate, mango, pig and mouse, bamboo beaver, bamboo root rat, winter hairy mouse, etc., belonging to mammalian rodent bamboo genus. Named because it mainly eats bamboo, wild species are very precious. There are 3 genera and 6 species in the world: 2 species of African bamboo rodents (endemic to East Africa), 3 species of Rattus japonicus, 1 species of Rattus norvegicus (endemic to Asia, found in southern China), and 1 genus and 3 species in China. Bamboo rodents inhabit tropical and subtropical forests, thickets and bamboo forests in eastern Africa and southern Asia. It has large flesh, delicious taste, rich nutrition, thick and soft fur, high economic value and medicinal value. at present, it has been cultivated on a large scale and has become one of the breeding industries with economic benefits.

Chinese bamboo mouse

Chinese bamboo rodents are mainly distributed in the central and southern parts of China, as well as in northern Myanmar and Vietnam. Specifically, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, western Sichuan, southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, northern Hubei and so on.

Silver star bamboo mouse

The silver star bamboo mouse is mainly found in the southeast of China, India, Malay Peninsula and other places. Such as Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian and other places. Underground life, feed on Reed grass root, white thatch root, bamboo root, bamboo knots, bamboo leaves, bamboo shoots; reproduction in the four seasons, the peak of reproduction in spring and autumn; 45 days of pregnancy, 5 per fetus, one and a half months of lactation.

Big bamboo rat

Bamboo rats are mainly found in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Malaysia, Sumatra and other areas in China. Big and obese, it is the largest bamboo rat in the individual. Go out in the morning and dusk; feed on bamboo roots and shoots, as well as other plants. From February to April and from August to October, the gestation period was 45 mi 50 days, and there were 8 mice per fetus. The distribution area is narrow, the number is small, and rare species.

Bamboo mouse

Bamboo mouse this is the smallest bamboo mouse, mainly in western Yunnan and Nepal, northern Bangladesh, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and other places. Distributed in the tropical rain forest and bamboo bushes along the Sino-Burmese border at an altitude of about 600 meters above sea level, they often dig holes to survive in environments such as banana and cassava fields. During 40 days of pregnancy, there are 5 birds per fetus. The distribution area is narrow and the number is small, so it belongs to rare species.