Broad-nosed Sumatran Maxomys

Broad-nosed Sumatran MaxomysThis spiny rat is recorded in evergreen montane forest in western Sumatra at 900–1,500 m. The genus Maxomys has fur that includes stiff, spine-like hairs.What does it look like?The genus is described as having brown upperparts with stiff, prominent spine-like hairs and white to buff underparts. This is a genus diagnosis, not a species-specific account of color variation.How does it live?This spiny rat is recorded in evergreen montane forest in western Sumatra at 900–1,500 m. The genus Maxomys has fur that includes stiff, spine-like hairs.It is recorded in evergreen lower and middle montane forest in western Sumatra between about 900 and 1,500 m. The assessment does not describe its daily behavior.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.