Niviventer Explained

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

• Anderson's white-bellied rat, Niviventer andersoni
• Brahma white-bellied rat, Niviventer brahma
• Niviventer bukit ^[1]
• 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^[2]
• Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat, Niviventer fraternus
• Chestnut white-bellied rat, Niviventer fulvescens
• Limestone rat, Niviventer hinpoon
• Niviventer huang ^[1]
• 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^[2]
• White-bellied rat, Niviventer niviventer
• Long-tailed mountain rat, Niviventer rapit
• Tenasserim white-bellied rat, Niviventer tenaster

Notes and References

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