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Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis)? Species ID?

Definitely a bamboo rat, do I have the correct species?
The bamboo rats are really confusing, not least because what you find on Google Images are not particularly trustworthy or show old museum specimens.

I think this is the Large Bamboo Rat though (i.e. Rhizomys sumatrensis) because the tail seems much too long for R. sinensis and the pink tail-tip is characteristic. It also looks too "shaggy" for R. sinensis.
 

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