Mammals of the WorldIndochinese Mountain White-bellied Rat
Niviventer tenaster
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Niviventer
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- Myanmar|Thailand|Laos|Vietnam|Cambodia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Indochinese Mountain Niviventer|Tenasserim White-bellied Rat
About this species
- Habitat
- Forested limestone mountains above 1,000m
- Range
- Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam (Annamite Range) and China
The Tenasserim white-bellied rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae, named after the Tenasserim Hills. It is found above 1,000 m in forested limestone mountainous areas (Wikipedia, general species account).
Its distribution includes the Arakan Mountains, Dawna Range and Bilauktaung range of Myanmar, the Thanon Thong Chai Range of Thailand, the southern end of the Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia, the Annamite Range in Laos and Vietnam, and southern Yunnan and Hainan in China.
Description: Wildlife of Vietnam guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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