Coxing's white-bellied rat

Coxing's white-bellied rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Niviventer
Species:	N. coninga
Binomial name
Niviventer coninga (R. Swinhoe, 1864)
Synonyms
Niviventer coxinga(Swinhoe, 1871) Niviventer coxingi(Thomas, 1892)

Coxing's white-bellied rat (Niviventer coninga), also known as the spiny Taiwan niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864 and is endemic to Taiwan. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It occurs in broad-leaf forests and their edges and in scrub. ^[1] It is more common at elevations below 1,300 m (4,300 ft) but can be found up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft). ^{[1] [3]}

References

1. Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2016). "Niviventer coninga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T14815A22413527. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T14815A22413527.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. K. T. Shao, ed. (n.d.). "Niviventer coninga (Swinhoe, 1864)". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
3. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1420. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.