Niviventer fraternus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

Montane Sumatran 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

Robinson, H.C. and Kloss, C.B. 1916. Preliminary diagnoses of some new species and subspecies of mammals and birds obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.—June 1914. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 73:269-278.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41809749

Original name as described

Epimys fraternus

Other common names

Montane Sumatran Niviventer

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:2003.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/df022249-2396-4c6f-9adc-6c2189dc3bbb

Type locality

"Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, 4,700' [= 1432 m], West Sumatra."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003591

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 fraternus

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fraternus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/df022249-2396-4c6f-9adc-6c2189dc3bbb

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41809749

Authority publication

Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Rattus rapit atchinensis

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

atchinensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.9803.a (= MZB 3156), RMNH.MAM.9803.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9803.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9803.b

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Sody (1941:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus rapit fraternus

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fraternus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

295

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Niviventer fraternus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

fraternus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136747/22413037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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