Niviventer niviventer

(Hodgson, 1836)

Himalayan 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

J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, vol. 5, 234

Original name as described

Mus (Rattus) niviventer

Other common names

Common Niviventer · Common White-bellied Rat · Himalayan Niviventer

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.73

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/838d9484-850d-4b88-8912-d434bd0e0681 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0534d9c-8688-4301-95eb-7b2fcdc5102c

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Bhutan · Vietnam · Myanmar · Laos · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003599

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 (Rattus) niviventer

(Hodgson, 1836)

Family

Muridae

Root name

niviventer

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.1.12.73

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/838d9484-850d-4b88-8912-d434bd0e0681 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f0534d9c-8688-4301-95eb-7b2fcdc5102c

Authority page

234

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)

Epimys lepcha

(Wroughton, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lepcha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.9.1.185

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/12dc9efa-b083-4679-b74c-e93c70cb532c

Authority page

428

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151999

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Rattus niviventer monticola

(Ghose, 1964)

Family

Muridae

Root name

monticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15974

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

193

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of Bengal

Name usages

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

Rattus niviventer

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

niviventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

174

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:174) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Niviventer niviventer

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

niviventer

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 (2017:822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14824/22413296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus niveiventer

(Blanford, 1891)

Family

Muridae

Root name

niveiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

412

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28223342

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

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