Bower's Berylmys is a large rodent recorded from southern China and parts of South and Southeast Asia. A 2023 study separates the eastern China population as B. latouchei.
It is a large rodent and is described in the 2023 paper as one of the largest and most widely distributed species in its genus.
It uses burrows and has been reported from mountain forests, disturbed forests, fields cleared for shifting cultivation, and cultivated fields.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.