Tenasserim white-bellied rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Niviventer |
Species: | N. tenaster |
Binomial name | |
Niviventer tenaster (Thomas, 1916) | |
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