Niviventer tenaster

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Indochinese Mountain 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

Thomas, O. 1916-06-01. A new rat from Tenasserim. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)17(102):425.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612607

Original name as described

Epimys tenaster

Other common names

Indochinese Mountain Niviventer · Tenasserim White-bellied Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1888.12.1.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a2b3923-88ae-4be5-a3f7-decfe46cf822

Type locality

"Mount Muleyit, Tenasserim [Kayin State, southern Burma]. Alt. 5000–6000' [= 1525–1830 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

Taxonomy notes

previously included N. lotipes

Taxonomy notes citation

Li, Y., Wu, Y., Harada, M., Lin, L. K., & Motokawa, M. (2008). Karyotypes of three rat species (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from Hainan Island, China, and the valid specific status of Niviventer lotipes. Zoological science, 25(6), 686-692.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003603

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.

Epimys tenaster

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Muridae

Root name

tenaster

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1888.12.1.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a2b3923-88ae-4be5-a3f7-decfe46cf822

Authority page

425

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612607

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Rattus bukit champa

(H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1922)

Family

Muridae

Root name

champa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.11.17.12 (= CBK 3474)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2e4f8c2e-2c85-4fba-b795-be71873bd77e

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24300889

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Niviventer tenaster

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

tenaster

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

537, 538

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:537, 538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Smith & Xie (2008:269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14826/22414804) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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