Tenasserim white-bellied rat
| Tenasserim white-bellied rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Niviventer |
| Species: | N. tenaster
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| Binomial name | |
| Niviventer tenaster (Thomas, 1916)
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The Tenasserim white-bellied rat (Niviventer tenaster) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after the Tenasserim Hills and is found above 1,000 m in forested limestone mountainous areas. Its distribution includes India,[citation needed] Myanmar (Arakan Mountains, Dawna Range and the Bilauktaung range of the Tenasserim Hills), Thailand (Thanon Thong Chai Range), Cambodia (southern end of the Cardamom Mountains, Laos and Vietnam (Annamite Range), and China (southern Yunnan and Hainan).[2]
References
- ^ Lunde, D.; Aplin, K. (2008). "Niviventer tenaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T14826A4463826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14826A4463826.en.
- ^ CeroPath - Niviventer tenaster Thomas, 1916
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.