Niviventer mekongis
(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1922)
Mekong 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
Robinson, H.C. and Kloss, C.B. 1922-01-01. New mammals from French Indo-China and Siam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9(49):87-99.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24300889Original name as described
Rattus blythi mekongis
Other common names
Mekong Niviventer
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1926.11.16.13
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Bak Mat on the Mekong River (N 18° 53′), Laos.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Vietnam · Laos
Taxonomy notes
split from N. huang (previously a synonym of N. fulvescens)
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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