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.

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 locality

"Java," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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