Large bamboo rat

Weight

1.63 kg – 2.75 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

3.49 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forestsrc for Habitat

Gestation

22 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

4src for Young per litter or clutch

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The large bamboo rat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familySpalacidae
6. genusRhizomys
7. SpeciesRhizomys sumatrensis (Raffles, 1821)

Synonyms Mus sumatrensis, Nyctocleptes dekan, Rhizomys cinereus, Rhizomys erythrogenys, Rhizomys sumatrensis padangensis, Spalax javanus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Hoary bamboo rat

Rhizomys pruinosus

Spalacidae

LC, Least Concern

Chinese bamboo rat

Rhizomys sinensis

Spalacidae

CompareLarge bamboo rat vs Hoary bamboo ratLarge bamboo rat vs Chinese bamboo rat

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@misc{large_bamboo_rat_2026,
  title = {Large bamboo rat (Rhizomys sumatrensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/large-bamboo-rat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}