Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat
Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Niviventer |
Species: | N. cameroni
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Binomial name | |
Niviventer cameroni Chasen, 1940
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The Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (Niviventer cameroni), also known as the Cameron Highlands niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has only been found in the mountain forests of the Cameron Highlands on the Malay Peninsula at an altitude of 1,500–2,000 metres (5,000–6,600 ft).[2]
References[]
- ^ Musser, G. & Ruedas, L. (2008). "Niviventer cameroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Niviventer
- Mammals described in 1940
- Fauna of Southeast Asia
- Rodents of Malaysia
- Endemic fauna of Malaysia
- Taxa named by Frederick Nutter Chasen
- Murinae stubs