Niviventer

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Niviventer
Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
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Dark-tailed tree rat (Niviventer cremoriventer)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Niviventer
J. T. Marshall, 1976
Type species
Mus niviventer
Species

18, see text

Niviventer is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species: [1]

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The Brahma white-bellied rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in northeastern India, northern Myanmar, and southwestern China (Yunnan). It lives in various forest habitats at elevations of 2,000–2,800 m (6,600–9,200 ft) above sea level.

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Coxing's white-bellied rat or spiny Taiwan niviventer is a rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. It is endemic to Taiwan and occurs in broad-leaf forests and their edges and in scrub. 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).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oldfield white-bellied rat</span> Species of rodent

The Oldfield white-bellied rat or soft-furred Taiwan niviventer is a species of phat rat in the family Muridae. It is found only in Taiwan. It has also been considered a subspecies of Niviventer niviventer and included in Niviventer confucianus.

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The smoke-bellied rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal.

The large white-bellied rat, also known as the Sichuan niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in southwestern China. It occurs in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve of Sichuan, southwestern Sichuan, northwestern Yunnan, and the Ailao Mountains of Yunnan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chestnut white-bellied rat</span> Species of rodent

The chestnut white-bellied rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is a small rodent with a distinct bright chestnut upper-coat and a white under-coat. The colour of the upper-coat is variable from very bright to a duller brown. The side of the body has a distinct margin where the upper and the under-coat meet. The upper-side of the tail is mostly brownish whereas the underside is whitish to flesh coloured. The species is mostly found in disturbed and undisturbed forest habitat. The species is known to scatter-hoard seeds in forests of eastern Himalayas.

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The Lang Bian white-bellied rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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The Tenasserim white-bellied rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after the Tenasserim Hills and is found above 1,000 m in forested limestone mountainous areas. Its distribution includes India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia (southern end of the Cardamom Mountains, Laos and Vietnam, and China.

The Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat, also known as the Cameron Highlands niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has only been found in the mountain forests of the Cameron Highlands on the Malay Peninsula at an altitude of 1,500–2,000 metres (5,000–6,600 ft).

The montane Sumatran white-bellied rat, also known as the Montane Sumatran niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the montane forests along the mountains of western Sumatra, Indonesia.

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 Balakirev AE, Abramov AV, Rozhnov VV (2012). "Taxonomic revision of Niviventer (Rodentia, Muridae) from Vietnam: a morphological and molecular approach". Russian Journal of Theriology. 10: 1–26. doi: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.10.1.01 . Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 Ge, Deyan; Feijo A; Abramov AV; Wen Z; Liu Z; Cheng J; Xia L; Lu L; Yang Q (2020). "Molecular phylogeny and morphological diversity of the Niviventer fulvescens species complex with emphasis on species from China". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (2): 528–547. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa040 . Retrieved 17 May 2020.