Limestone rat

Limestone rat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Niviventer
Species:	N. hinpoon
Binomial name
Niviventer hinpoon (Marshall, 1976)

The limestone rat (Niviventer hinpoon) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found only in the limestone karsts of Saraburi, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan provinces, central Thailand. It is listed as an endangered species due to its highly fragmented limestone karst habitat that is currently threatened by mining.

See Also

List of mammals of Thailand

References

1. Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Niviventer hinpoon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T14821A115124123. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T14821A22414152.en . Retrieved 14 March 2023.

• Baillie, J. 1996. Niviventer hinpoon. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.