Wildlifeof India
Hume's Hadromys
Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain
Hadromys humei
Basic stats
Habitat
Tropical evergreen, moist deciduous and secondary forest at about 900–1,300m
Range
Endemic to north-east India: Assam (Kamrup) and Manipur
Size
Head and body 95–140mm
The Manipur bush rat, also known as Hume's rat or Hume's hadromys, is endemic to north-east India. It has been recorded from Angarakhata in Kamrup district, Assam, and from Bishnupur, Imphal, Senapati and Karong in Manipur. Head and body length has been given as 95–140 mm (Wikipedia, general species account).
It lives at medium altitudes of about 900–1,300 m, in tropical evergreen, moist deciduous and secondary forests. The cached account gives no diet, behaviour or breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Hume's Hadromys live in?
- Tropical evergreen, moist deciduous and secondary forest at about 900–1,300m
- Where is the Hume's Hadromys found?
- Endemic to north-east India: Assam (Kamrup) and Manipur
- How big is the Hume's Hadromys?
- Head and body 95–140mm