''Sundamys'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...

in the family

Muridae The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. ...

, found mostly in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

and

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

.Camacho-Sanchez, M., Jennifer A. Leonard, Yuli Fitriana, Marie-Ka Tilak, and Pierre-Henri Fabre. 2017. "The generic status of Rattus annandalei (Bonhote, 1903) (Rodentia, Murinae) and its evolutionary implications." Journal of Mammalogy, 98: 1340-1355 It contains the following species: *

Annandale's rat Annandale's rat (''Sundamys annandalei'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra), Peninsular Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of co ...

(''Sundamys annandalei'') * Mountain giant Sunda rat (''Sundamys infraluteus'') *

Bartels's rat Bartels's rat (''Sundamys maxi'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in West Java, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, ...

(''Sundamys maxi'') *

Müller's giant Sunda rat Müller's giant Sunda rat (''Sundamys muelleri'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known ...

(''Sundamys muelleri'')

References

Rodent genera Taxa named by Guy Musser Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Murinae-stub