''Niviventer'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae come ...
endemic to
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
. It contains the following species:
*
Anderson's white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer andersoni''
*
Brahma white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer brahma''
* ''
Niviventer bukit''
*
Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer cameroni''
*
Chinese white-bellied rat
The Chinese white-bellied rat (''Niviventer confucianus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is widely spread in China and also occurs in northern Myanmar, northwest Thailand, and northwest Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( ...
, ''Niviventer confucianus''
*
Coxing's white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer coninga''
*
Dark-tailed tree rat, ''Niviventer cremoriventer''
*
Oldfield white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer culturatus''
*
Smoke-bellied rat, ''Niviventer eha''
*
Large white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer excelsior''
*
Tibetan white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer fengi''
*
Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat
The montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (''Niviventer fraternus''), also known as the Montane Sumatran niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the montane forests along the mountains of western Sumatra, Indonesia
...
, ''Niviventer fraternus''
*
Chestnut white-bellied rat
The chestnut white-bellied rat (''Niviventer fulvescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is a small rodent with a distinct bright chestnut upper-coat and a white under-coat. The colour of the upper-coat is variable from very b ...
, ''Niviventer fulvescens''
*
Limestone rat, ''Niviventer hinpoon''
* ''
Niviventer huang''
*
Lang Bian white-bellied rat
The Lang Bian white-bellied rat (''Niviventer langbianis'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Repu ...
, ''Niviventer langbianis''
*
Mekong white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer mekongis''
*
Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat
The narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (''Niviventer lepturus'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between ...
, ''Niviventer lepturus''
*
Hainan white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer lotipes''
(Allen, 1926) (formerly in ''N. tenaster'')
*
White-bellied rat, ''Niviventer niviventer''
*
Long-tailed mountain rat
The long-tailed mountain rat (''Niviventer rapit'') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Borneo and found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Recorded at elevations of above sea level, it is a poorly known species but presumably ...
, ''Niviventer rapit''
*
Tenasserim white-bellied rat, ''Niviventer tenaster''
References
Rodent genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
{{murinae-stub