Niviventer cremoriventer

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

Sundaic Arboreal White-bellied Rat

Also as Dark-tailed Niviventer|Dark-tailed Tree Rat|Sundaic Arboreal Niviventer.
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Location:Malaysia, Sabah state, Kinabatangan River, Sukau Rainforest LodgeDate taken:Oct 12, 2004

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7004

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Niviventer

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-04-21. Seven new rats collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott in Siam. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 13:137-150.

Original name as described

Mus cremoriventer

Other common names

Dark-tailed Niviventer · Dark-tailed Tree Rat · Sundaic Arboreal Niviventer

Type material

USNM:MAMM:86770

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"mountains of Trong, Lower Siam [= Thailand], at about 3000 ft. [= 914 m] altitude."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 24 names and synonyms.

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