The large white-bellied rat (''Niviventer excelsior''), also known as the Sichuan niviventer, is a species of
rodent 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 ...
.
It is found only in southwestern
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
. It occurs in
Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve of Sichuan, southwestern
Sichuan, northwestern
Yunnan, and the
Ailao Mountains of Yunnan.
References
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Niviventer
Mammals described in 1911
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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