Niviventer gladiusmaculus

Ge Deyan, Lu Liang, Xia Lin, Du Yuanbao, Wen Zhixin, Cheng Jilong, Abramov, & Yang Qisen, 2018

Least 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

Authority citation

Ge, D.-y., Lu, L., Xia, L., Du, Y.-b., Wen, Z.-x., Cheng, J.-l., Abramov, A.V. and Yang, Q.-s. 2018-10-30. Molecular phylogeny, morphological diversity, and systematic revision of a species complex of common wild rat species in China (Rodentia, Murinae). Journal of Mammalogy 99(6):1350-1374.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyy117

Original name as described

Niviventer gladiusmaculus

Other common names

Least Niviventer

Type material

BIZ CAS XZ70

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Nanyi Village (29.17 N, 94.20 E), Milin, Tibet [= Xizang], China.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Ge, D., Lu, L., Xia, L., Du, Y., Wen, Z., Cheng, J., ... & Yang, Q. (2018). Molecular phylogeny, morphological diversity, and systematic revision of a species complex of common wild rat species in China (Rodentia, Murinae). Journal of Mammalogy, 99(6), 1350-1374.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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