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Lim, Boo Liat (2015) The field rats and field mouse in Malaysia Science Journal and Southeast Asia. UTAR Agriculture Science Journal (Malaysia), 1 (3). pp. 35-42. ISSN 2289-957X
Abstract
greater bandicoot, the lesser bandicoot and the rice-field mouse are serious pests of ricefields, oil palm plantations and other field crops in Malaysia. These same five species are distributed throughout Southeast Asia. The ricefield rat and the Malaysian wood rat used to be treated as subspecies of Rattus rattus and were known as Rattus rattus argentiventer and Rattus rattus jalorensis. They are now recognized as separate species—Rattus argentiventer and Rattus tiomanensis respectively. The bandicoots are large ground rats that build extensive burrows. In Malaysia two species occur—they are the greater bandicoot (Bandicota indica) and the lesser bandicoot (B. bengalensis). The fifth species is the field mouse (Mus caroli) similar to the house mouse (Mus musculus) in size.
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Abstract
greater bandicoot, the lesser bandicoot and the rice-field mouse are serious pests of ricefields, oil palm plantations and other field crops in Malaysia. These same five species are distributed throughout Southeast Asia. The ricefield rat and the Malaysian wood rat used to be treated as subspecies of Rattus rattus and were known as Rattus rattus argentiventer and Rattus rattus jalorensis. They are now recognized as separate species—Rattus argentiventer and Rattus tiomanensis respectively. The bandicoots are large ground rats that build extensive burrows. In Malaysia two species occur—they are the greater bandicoot (Bandicota indica) and the lesser bandicoot (B. bengalensis). The fifth species is the field mouse (Mus caroli) similar to the house mouse (Mus musculus) in size.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| AGROVOC Term: | rice |
| AGROVOC Term: | oil palms |
| AGROVOC Term: | field crops |
| AGROVOC Term: | pest control |
| AGROVOC Term: | Bandicota bengalensis |
| Geographical Term: | Malaysia |
| Depositing User: | Nor Hasnita Abdul Samat |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Mar 2026 01:05 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Mar 2026 01:05 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/3757 |
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