Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Niviventer confucianus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Niviventer confucianus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Niviventer confucianus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Niviventer confucianus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Allen, Glover M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1926-06-16 / 1926-06-16
Article/Chapter Title:
Rats (genus Rattus) from the Asiatic expeditions
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Museum Novitates, no. 217
Page(s):
1-16
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0003-0082
Notes:
Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/4311
Reference for:
Niviventer confucianus
Niviventer confucianus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Niviventer confucianus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Usually included in N. niviventer, but that allocation is not supported by present evidence (Abe, 1983; Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser, 1981b; Musser and Lunde, ms). Niviventer confucianus is basically endemic to SE portion of the Palearctic region east of the Himalayas and generally north of the Tropic of Cancer; south of that line, this northern species has been found only on mountaintops in NW Thailand and NW Vietnam. Sympatric with N. fulvescens and an undescribed larger-bodied species i...