Niviventer

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Niviventer Fossil range: Late Pliocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Niviventer J. T. Marshall, 1976
Species
Niviventer andersoni Niviventer brahma Niviventer cameroni Niviventer confucianus Niviventer coninga Niviventer cremoriventer Niviventer culturatus Niviventer eha Niviventer excelsior Niviventer fraternus Niviventer fulvescens Niviventer hinpoon Niviventer langbianis Niviventer lepturus Niviventer niviventer Niviventer rapit Niviventer tenaster

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

• Anderson's White-bellied Rat (Niviventer andersoni)
• Brahma White-bellied Rat (Niviventer brahma)
• 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)
• Montane Sumatran White-bellied Rat (Niviventer fraternus)
• Chestnut White-bellied Rat (Niviventer fulvescens)
• Limestone Rat (Niviventer hinpoon)
• Lang Bian White-bellied Rat (Niviventer langbianis)
• Narrow-tailed White-bellied Rat (Niviventer lepturus)
• White-bellied Rat (Niviventer niviventer)
• Long-tailed Mountain Rat (Niviventer rapit)
• Tenasserim White-bellied Rat (Niviventer tenaster)

[edit] References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.