Manipur bush rat

The species is endemic to northeast India, and has been recorded from several localities. ==Discovery==

The murid was described by Oldfield Thomas in 1886 from specimens in the Manipur collection of Allan Octavian Hume, which was donated to the British Museum (Natural History) after Hume's life's work in ornithological notes were sold by a servant as waste paper. The Manipur Bush Rat was named in his honour. The collection has two male and two female specimens, recorded to be collected on 23 March 1881 from "Moirang" (in Manipur), the type locality for this species. ==Description==

The specimen has been described by Thomas (1886) as: ==Conservation status==

The species has been given conservation status of "Endangered - B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)" in IUCN Red List ver 3.1. The criteria for this assessment include: • Limited area of occurrence (less than ). • Limited geographical extent of range (less than ). • Less than five areas from which it is reported. • Continuing decline in extent and degradation of habitat. The principal threats to this species are assessed to be loss of and degradation of habitat, fragmentation, and encroachment. Besides these, hunting and fire are also considered to be contributing causes. ==References==