Mammals of the WorldIndochinese White-bellied Rat
Niviventer fulvescens
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Niviventer
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Pakistan|India|Nepal|Bhutan|China?|Myanmar|Vietnam
- Realm
- Palearctic|Indomalaya
Other names: Chestnut White-bellied Rat|Indochinese Niviventer|Indomalayan Niviventer
About this species
- Diet
- Seeds, which it scatter-hoards in eastern Himalayan forest
- Habitat
- Disturbed and undisturbed forest
- Range
- Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam
The chestnut white-bellied rat is a small rodent with a bright chestnut upper coat, varying from very bright to duller brown, and a white under-coat, with a distinct margin where the two meet along the side. The upper side of the tail is mostly brownish and the underside whitish to flesh-coloured (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found mostly in disturbed and undisturbed forest, and is known to scatter-hoard seeds in forests of the eastern Himalayas. Its range includes Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam. The short source opened here gives no size or breeding figures, so none are stated. Nationally Data Deficient (Nepal National Red List 2011).
Description: Wildlife of Nepal guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)