Niviventer lepturus

(Jentink, 1880)

Montane Javan 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

Jentink, F.A. 1880. On some hitherto undescribed species of Mus in the Leyden Museum. Notes from the Leyden Museum 2:13-19.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629223

Original name as described

Mus lepturus

Other common names

Montane Javan Niviventer · Narrow-tailed White-bellied Rat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.18321.a, RMNH.MAM.18321.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18321.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18321.b

Type locality

"Java," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003596

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.

Mus lepturus

(Jentink, 1880)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lepturus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.18321.a, RMNH.MAM.18321.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18321.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18321.b

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629223

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

Jentink (1910:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13206369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68566)

Rattus lepturus fredericae

(Sody, 1931)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fredericae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.21405.a, RMNH.MAM.21405.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21405.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21405.b

Authority page

212

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus lepturus maculipectus

(Sody, 1934)

Family

Muridae

Root name

maculipectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.21445.a, RMNH.MAM.21445.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21445.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.21445.b

Authority page

173

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus rapit fredericae

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fredericae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Rattus rapit lepturus

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lepturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Rattus rapit maculipectus

(Sody, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

maculipectus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

296

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Sody (1941:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31858)

Niviventer lepturus

Musser, 1981

Family

Muridae

Root name

lepturus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

238

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser (1981:238) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8641)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14823/22413615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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