Niviventer brahma

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Brahman 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1914-11-20. On small mammals collected in Tibet and the Mishmi Hills by Capt, F. M. Bailey. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(2):230-233.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453614

Original name as described

Epimys brahma

Other common names

Brahman Niviventer · Mishmi White-bellied Rat · Thomas's Chestnut Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.6.24.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04d07806-23b1-4448-a036-f60eab31354f

Type locality

Anzong Valley in Mishmi Hills, 6000 ft (= 1830 m), north-eastern Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · China · Myanmar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003581

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Epimys brahma

(O. Thomas, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

brahma

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.6.24.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04d07806-23b1-4448-a036-f60eab31354f

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453614

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Rattus brahma

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

brahma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

172

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Niviventer brahma

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

brahma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

536

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:536) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14813/22414062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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