Large white-bellied rat

Large white-bellied rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Niviventer
Species: N. excelsior
Binomial name
Niviventer excelsior
(Thomas, 1911)

The large white-bellied rat (Niviventer excelsior), also known as the Sichuan niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in southwestern China. It occurs in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve of Sichuan, southwestern Sichuan, northwestern Yunnan, and the Ailao Mountains of Yunnan.

References

  1. ↑ Smith, A.T. (2016). "Niviventer excelsior". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T14819A22414473. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14819A22414473.en. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  • Baillie, J. 1996. Niviventer excelsior. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
  • 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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