bamboo rat

English

Noun

bamboo rat (plural bamboo rats)

1. 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

• Burmese: ပွေး (my) (pwe:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 竹鼠 (zuk¹ syu²)

  Mandarin: 竹鼠 (zh) (zhúshǔ)

• Finnish: bambumyllikäs
• French: rat des bambous (fr) m
• Indonesian: dekan (id)
• Italian: ratto del bambù m
• Lao: ອົ້ນ (ʼon)
• Malay: dekan
• Mon: တန် (mnw)
• Shan: ဢူၼ်ႈ (shn) (ʼūun)
• Thai: อ้น (th) (ôn)
• Vietnamese: dúi

References

• bamboo rat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhizomyini on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rhizomyinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons