Niviventer cameroni

(Chasen, 1940)

Cameron Highlands 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

Chasen, F.N. 1940-04. A handlist of Malaysian mammals. Bulletin of Raffles Museum 15:1-209.

Authority publication link

http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/15/15brmiii-209.pdf

Original name as described

Rattus rapit cameroni

Other common names

Cameron Highlands Niviventer · Malaysian White-bellied Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1464

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06094a5d-a1bb-49f7-9b4d-27521f565ff8

Type locality

Cameron Highlands, 5000 ft (= 1524 m), Pahang, Malay Peninsula.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003583

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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.

Rattus rapit cameroni

(Chasen, 1940)

Family

Muridae

Root name

cameroni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1464

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/06094a5d-a1bb-49f7-9b4d-27521f565ff8

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Niviventer cameroni

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

cameroni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136512/115209285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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