Chinese white-bellied rat

Chinese white-bellied rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Niviventer
Species: N. confucianus
Binomial name
Niviventer confucianus
(Milne-Edwards, 1871)

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. It might also occur in northern Laos.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Lunde, D. & Smith, A.T. (2008). "Niviventer confucianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T14814A4461720. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.


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