Niviventer lotipes

(G. M. Allen, 1926)

Hainan White-bellied Rat

Formerly part of Niviventer tenaster, Indochinese Mountain White-bellied Rat. Also as Hainan Niviventer.
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Location:China, Zhejiang province, Qingliangfeng Natural ReserveDate taken:20 June 2025Description:Formerly part of Niviventer tenaster, Indochinese Mountain White-bellied Rat. Also as Hainan Niviventer.

Distribution :

S China including Hainan Is.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7804

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

Authority citation

Allen, G.M. 1926-06-16. Rats (genus Rattus) from the Asiatic Expeditions. American Museum Novitates 217:1-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170225

Original name as described

Rattus confucianus lotipes

Other common names

Hainan Niviventer

Type material

AMNH M-59303

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-59303

Type locality

"near Nodoa, island of Hainan, China."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

split from N. tenaster

Taxonomy notes citation

Li, Y.-c., Wu, Y., Harada, M., Lin, L.-K. and Motokawa, M. 2008. Karyotypes of three rat species (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from Hainan Island, China, and the valid specific status of Niviventer lotipes. Zoological Science 25(6):686-692. doi:10.2108/zsj.25.686 · Ge, D.-y., Lu, L., Xia, L., Du, Y.-b., Wen, Z.-x., Cheng, J.-l., Abramov, A.V. and Yang, Q.-s. 2018. Molecular phylogeny, morphological diversity, and systematic revision of a species complex of common wild rat species in China (Rodentia, Murinae). Journal of Mammalogy 99(6):1350-1374. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyy117

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003597

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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: 6 names and synonyms.

Rattus confucianus lotipes

G. M. Allen, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

lotipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-59303

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

near Nodoa, island of Hainan, China

Type locality

China: Hainan: 19°31′17″N, 109°34′44″E.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-59303

Authority page

11

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus confucianus yaoshanensis

Shih, 1930

Family

Muridae

Root name

yaoshanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

China: Guangxi.

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biological Department of Sun Yat-sen University

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus elegans

Shih, 1931

Family

Muridae

Root name

elegans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

China: Guangdong.

Authority page

7

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biological Department of Sun Yat-sen University

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus confucianus sinianus

Shih, 1931

Family

Muridae

Root name

sinianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

China: Guangdong.

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Biological Department of Sun Yat-sen University

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus niviventer lotipes:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

lotipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

593

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722894

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:593, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Niviventer lotipes:

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

lotipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

822

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Ge, Lu, Xia, Du, Wen, Cheng, Abramov & Yang (2018:1368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50168)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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