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Indochinese Mountain Niviventer
Niviventer tenaster (Thomas, 1916)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Distribution of Niviventer tenaster. Red - Extant (resident).
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Tenasserim white-bellied rat (Niviventer tenaster) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is named after the Tenasserim Hills and is found above 1,000 m in forested limestone mountainous areas. Its distribution includes India, Myanmar (Arakan Mountains, Dawna Range and the Bilauktaung range of the Tenasserim Hills), Thailand (Thanon Thong Chai Range), Cambodia (southern end of the Cardamom Mountains, Laos and Vietnam (Annamite Range), and China (southern Yunnan and Hainan).
Wikipedia contributors, Tenasserim white-bellied rat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:17:13.160646+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Niviventer tenaster (Thomas, 1916)
- Name authority
- (Thomas, 1916)
- Common name
- Indochinese Mountain Niviventer
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Niviventer
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811
- genusNiviventer J. T. Marshall Jr., 1976
- speciesNiviventer tenaster (Thomas, 1916)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Niviventer. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Brahman NiviventerNiviventer brahma (Thomas, 1914) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Confucian NiviventerNiviventer confucianus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Spiny Taiwan NiviventerNiviventer coninga (Swinhoe, 1864) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soft-furred Taiwan NiviventerNiviventer culturatus (Thomas, 1917) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little Himalayan RatNiviventer eha (Wroughton, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sichuan NiviventerNiviventer excelsior (Thomas, 1911) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Sumatran NiviventerNiviventer fraternus (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Limestone NiviventerNiviventer hinpoon (J. T. Marshall Jr., 1976) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Bornean NiviventerNiviventer rapit (Bonhote, 1903) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anderson's NiviventerNiviventer andersoni (Thomas, 1911) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cameron Highlands NiviventerNiviventer cameroni (Chasen, 1940) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-tailed RatNiviventer cremoriventer (Miller, 1900) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Rattus bukit champa Robinson & Kloss, 1922 Robinson & Kloss, 1922 | synonym |
| Rattus confucianus lotipes G. M. Allen, 1926 G. M. Allen, 1926 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585437 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:47K8Y. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.