Long-tailed mountain rat
Species of rodent
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Niviventer |
Species: | N. rapit |
Binomial name | |
Niviventer rapit (Bonhote, 1903) |
The long-tailed mountain rat (Niviventer rapit) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Borneo and found in Indonesia and Malaysia.[1][2] Recorded at elevations of 940–3,360 m (3,080–11,020 ft) above sea level, it is a poorly known species but presumably common, assumed to inhabit forests and scrubland.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Aplin, K. (2019). "Niviventer rapit". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14825A119151657. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T14825A119151657.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Colomys–Golunda)
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Nilopegamys |
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Zelotomys (Stink mice) |
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Crunomys |
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Sommeromys |
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Anonymomys |
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Chiromyscus |
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Dacnomys |
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Leopoldamys (Long-tailed giant rats) |
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Niviventer (White-bellied rats) |
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Saxatilomys |
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Srilankamys |
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Tonkinomys |
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Dasymys (Shaggy swamp rats) |
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Echiothrix |
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Golunda |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Melasmothrix–Mus
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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