Niviventer huang
(Bonhote, 1905)
South China 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
Authority citation
Bonhote, J.L.J. 1905-11-28. Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote, F.Z.S., communicated the first of a series of papers dealing with the Mammalian Fauna of China. Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23:19.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31208100Original name as described
Mus huang
Other common names
South China Niviventer
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.1.16
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7403748d-20d4-4c5c-9829-f828b9563e78Type locality
"Kuatun, N.W. Fokien," China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
split from N. fulvescens and previously included N. mekongis
Taxonomy notes citation
Balakirev, A. E., Abramov, A. V., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2011). Taxonomic revision of Niviventer (Rodentia, Muridae) from Vietnam: a morphological and molecular approach. Russian Journal of Theriology, 10(1), 1-26. · Ge, D., Feijó, A., Abramov, A. V., Wen, Z., Liu, Z., Cheng, J., ... & Yang, Q. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and morphological diversity of the Niviventer fulvescens species complex with emphasis on species from China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa040.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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