Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat

Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Niviventer
Species:	N. cameroni
Binomial name
	Niviventer cameroni; Chasen, 1940

The Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (Niviventer cameroni), 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).[2]

References

Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. (2008). "Niviventer cameroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2013.old-form url
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.

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[IUCN-1] Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. (2008). "Niviventer cameroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2013.old-form url

[MSW3-2] 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.