Niviventer hinpoon

(J. T. Marshall, 1976)

Limestone 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

Marshall, J.T., Jr. 1976-12-09. Family Muridae. Rats and mice. Government Printing Office, Bangkok, 396-487 pp.

Original name as described

Rattus hinpoon

Other common names

Limestone Niviventer · Limestone Rat

Type material

TNRC 797

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"outside the entrance to the bat cave, half-way up the face of a wooded limestone cliff, 200 meters altitude," Kaengkhoi District, Saraburi Province, Thailand.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003594

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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 hinpoon

(J. T. Marshall, 1976)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hinpoon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TNRC 797

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

459

Authority publication

Bangkok

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:173) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Niviventer hinpoon

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

hinpoon

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

537

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14821/115124123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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