Mammals of the WorldSundaic Arboreal White-bellied Rat
Niviventer cremoriventer
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Niviventer
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Myanmar|Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Dark-tailed Niviventer|Dark-tailed Tree Rat|Sundaic Arboreal Niviventer
About this species
- Habitat
- Primary forest and secondary wooded habitats, both on the ground and in trees; not outside forest
- Range
- Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Nias, Bangka, Belitung, Java, Bali, Borneo, Singapore and offshore islands
The dark-tailed tree rat, or Sundaic arboreal niviventer, is a common rodent that lives both in trees and on the ground in primary forest and in secondary wooded habitats, but not outside forests. It might be a species complex (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found on the Malay Peninsula (Thailand, Malaysia), including offshore islands such as the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar, and in parts of the Malay Archipelago: Singapore, the Anambas Islands, Sumatra, Nias, Belitung, Bangka, Java, Bali, and Borneo and some of its offshore islands (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)