Niviventer

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Niviventer
Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent
Dark-tailed tree rat (Niviventer cremoriventer)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Niviventer
J. T. Marshall, 1976
Type species
Mus niviventer
Species

18, see text

Niviventer is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Southeast Asia. It contains the following species:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Balakirev AE, Abramov AV, Rozhnov VV (2012). "Taxonomic revision of Niviventer (Rodentia, Muridae) from Vietnam: a morphological and molecular approach". Russian Journal of Theriology. 10: 1–26. doi:10.15298/rusjtheriol.10.1.01. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ge, Deyan; Feijo A; Abramov AV; Wen Z; Liu Z; Cheng J; Xia L; Lu L; Yang Q (2020). "Molecular phylogeny and morphological diversity of the Niviventer fulvescens species complex with emphasis on species from China". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 191 (2): 528–547. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa040. Retrieved 17 May 2020.