Niviventer andersoni
(O. Thomas, 1911)
Anderson's White-bellied Rat
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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1911-02-14. Mammals collected in the Provinces of Kan-su and Sze-chwan, western China, by Mr. Malcolm Anderson, for the Duke of Bedford's exploration of eastern Asia. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 90:3-5.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31252030Original name as described
Epimys andersoni
Other common names
Anderson's Niviventer
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.1.135
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ec0c416c-6974-4d09-b595-3e754f2599e9Type locality
Omi San, 6000 ft (= 1830 m), Sichuan, south-western China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
previously included the recently described N. pianmaensis
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, S., & Yang, J. (2009). Geographic variation of the Anderson s Niviventer (Niviventer andersoni)(Thomas, 1911)(Rodentia: Muridae) of two new subspecies in China verified with cranial morphometric variables and pelage characteristics. Zootaxa, 2196(1), 48-58. · Ge, D., Feijó, A., Abramov, A. V., Wen, Z., Liu, Z., Cheng, J., ... & Yang, Q. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and morphological diversity of the Niviventer fulvescens species complex with emphasis on species from China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa040.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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