Niviventer sacer
(O. Thomas, 1908)
Shandong 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
Thomas, O. 1908-07-03. The Duke of Bedford's zoological exploration in eastern Asia.-VI. List of mammals from the Shantung Peninsula, N. China. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908(1):5-10.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31209507Original name as described
Mus confucianus sacer
Other common names
Shandong Niviventer
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1908.2.8.8
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ceb690c-bb98-4153-98da-0ffdc1fe671aType locality
Mount Ai, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
China
Taxonomy notes
previously included under N. confucianus (and later N. bukit) but molecular, morphological, and karyological data support its species status
Taxonomy notes citation
Li, Y., Li, Y., Li, H., Wang, J., Rong, X., & Li, Y. (2020). Niviventer confucianus sacer (Rodentia, Muridae) is a distinct species based on molecular, karyotyping, and morphological evidence. ZooKeys, 959, 137-159.Ge, D., Lu, L., Xia, L., Du, Y., Wen, Z., Cheng, J., ... & Yang, Q. (2018). Molecular phylogeny, morphological diversity, and systematic revision of a species complex of common wild rat species in China (Rodentia, Murinae). Journal of Mammalogy, 99(6), 1350-1374. ·
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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