Niviventer
Niviventer is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species:[1]
- Anderson's white-bellied rat, Niviventer andersoni
- Brahma white-bellied rat, Niviventer brahma
- Niviventer bukit [2]
- Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat, Niviventer cameroni
- Chinese white-bellied rat, Niviventer confucianus
- Coxing's white-bellied rat, Niviventer coninga
- Dark-tailed tree rat, Niviventer cremoriventer
- Oldfield white-bellied rat, Niviventer culturatus
- Smoke-bellied rat, Niviventer eha
- Large white-bellied rat, Niviventer excelsior
- Tibetan white-bellied rat, Niviventer fengi[3]
- Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat, Niviventer fraternus
- Chestnut white-bellied rat, Niviventer fulvescens
- Limestone rat, Niviventer hinpoon
- Niviventer huang [2]
- Lang Bian white-bellied rat, Niviventer langbianis
- Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat, Niviventer lepturus
- Hainan white-bellied rat, Niviventer lotipes (Allen, 1926) (formerly in N. tenaster)
- Mekong white-bellied rat, Niviventer mekongis[3]
- White-bellied rat, Niviventer niviventer
- Long-tailed mountain rat, Niviventer rapit
- Tenasserim white-bellied rat, Niviventer tenaster
| Niviventer Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent | |
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| Dark-tailed tree rat (Niviventer cremoriventer) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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18, see text | |
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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