White-tailed Wood Rat

Blanford's rat, as it is also known, is grey-brown above with lighter sides and white underparts. Head and body are 14 to 15 cm and the tail about 19 cm, of which the outer third is covered in long dense white fur. The feet are white in adults. It is the only species in the genus Madromys, described by Oldfield Thomas in 1881, and it is found in India, Sri Lanka and parts of Bangladesh (Wikipedia, general species account).

No Sri Lankan ecology was found for this entry. Nationally Endangered (Sri Lanka National Red List 2012).