The bamboo rat is a national third-grade protected animal. The bamboo rat has the flower white bamboo rat big bamboo rat, Chinese bamboo rat, small bamboo rat several kinds of, are not national - level, the second level of protection of animals, but they are all belong to the national three have protection of animals. Bamboo rat, is a bamboo rat family, bamboo rat genus of a kind of animal. To bamboo, grass, plant stalks and other food. It is named after the bamboo it eats. This is a wild species is very valuable, the world *** counts three genera and six species, the African bamboo rat genus of two species endemic to East Africa, the bamboo rat genus of three species, the small bamboo rat genus of a species of three species in China has a genus.

Bamboo rat habits

The bamboo rat inhabits tropical and subtropical forests, thickets and bamboo forests in eastern Africa and southern Asia. It has been farmed on a large scale in China and has become one of the economically beneficial farming industries. The white bamboo rat, the large bamboo rat, the Chinese bamboo rat and the small bamboo rat are all nationally protected animals, and it is illegal to catch them privately. Bamboo rats are named after the bamboo they eat, so bamboo is the best food for breeding bamboo rats. Prefer to live in bamboo forests, horsetail pine forests and mountainous terrain under the grass on the sunny slopes, living under the campgrounds, burrowing.