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<emphasis id="5E6FA4F0C849CFFA9A88D0059619AD48" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Niviventer tenaster</emphasis>
(Thomas 1916)
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<treatmentCitation id="DDA0807F264FE1FCB895C523440B9043" author="Thomas" authority="(Thomas 1916)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" journal="Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" page="425" pageNumber="1425" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster" title="[Niviventer] tenaster" volume="17" year="1916">
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<emphasis id="10B3FD9F732720BEB3A6980DADEBBCF6" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">[Niviventer] tenaster</emphasis>
(Thomas 1916)
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="F7A6136BDCD6AA31392F6322E71348B8" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1425">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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S
<collectingCountry id="524228C59A80A5DD23640C6E079DA280" name="Myanmar">Burma</collectingCountry>
(
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), Mulayit (also spelled Mooleyit, Mulaiyit, Muleyit) Taung (= peak) (
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/
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),
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(
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<elevation id="17081AC9F14ACF61F8DD9349BE2FDD2B">1525-1830 m</elevation>
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).
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E6B2D64A61D8CEB135A497D1374C2FA1" pageNumber="1425" type="vernacular_names">
<paragraph id="136D834AAAFA6CE16C138AB7D443E3C3" pageNumber="1425">
<emphasis id="EEDEC52B1E6B50C06CC271C6C6775052" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1425">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="FF3DF858A2201DD242DCC4BDADF580DE" language="eng" pageNumber="1425">Indochinese Mountain Niviventer</vernacularName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="5A5DBEB1D8F1EC64820063B1048D5C5C" pageNumber="1425">
<emphasis id="5050838BAE829FEB8482BD7482AF833D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1425">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="22075BEB093B95FF8D8394A24945EA18" authority="(Robinson and Kloss 1922)" baseAuthorityName="Robinson and Kloss" baseAuthorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1425" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="champa">
<emphasis id="FA56B8A84E959F31A279F384B6EDD86F" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Niviventer champa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="637690E757313C830F6E3A7BAE7B818C" author="Robinson, H. C. &amp; C. B. Kloss" refId="ref307485" refString="Robinson, H. C., and C. B. Kloss. 1922. New mammals from French Indo-China and Siam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 9: 87 - 99." year="1922">Robinson and Kloss 1922</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
;
<taxonomicName id="D3A465175AC1D5B4E72F0D90A7A44480" authority="(G. M. Allen 1926)" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1425" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotipes">
<emphasis id="C5300AB194BC7D94F9E5A93FCA287EA9" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Niviventer lotipes</emphasis>
(G. M.
<bibRefCitation id="26CBA8A785E670CA77BD70804CD74154" author="Allen, G. M." refId="ref4774" refString="Allen, G. M. 1926. Rats (genus Rattus) from the Asiatic Expeditions. American Museum Novitates, 217: 16 pp." year="1926">Allen 1926</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F4E75916190075EEC197A7431F835377" pageNumber="1425">
<emphasis id="906ACAA05F4F3A0384617102F71AD8F7" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1425">Distribution:</emphasis>
Mountains of WC (Mt Victoria) and S (Mulayit Taung)
<collectingCountry id="671C01BD3700FC8F3DFF5B5937F64C9D" name="Myanmar">Burma</collectingCountry>
, NW
<collectingCountry id="0516132DD809D3C1289BE65DF958C7BD" name="Thailand">Thailand</collectingCountry>
(Doi Pui and Doi Suthep, Chiengmai Province), S
<collectingCountry id="56E7CC80BD512965EC2B673C0FB356DF" name="Cambodia">Cambodia</collectingCountry>
(Elephant Mtns), S
<collectingCountry id="AD72A5084D689A0069B8F49AFD0A4640" name="Laos">Laos</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="C37A728095ABC6AD67BBC5D3CA3A8C7C" name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
, and in
<collectingCountry id="01E477F386ADBF2AC1C6746DEE62112C" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
in the Tengchong region of W
<collectingRegion id="3EB054C7B188EB5C40586747194079B9" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
(east of the Salween River bordering N
<collectingCountry id="C31ABD4D0B013514D034E3F62EF637C6" name="Myanmar">Burma</collectingCountry>
; specimens in
<collectionCode id="1AE4542479E298A800278154D9761BBA" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/043p-ts4f" name="Institut Zoologii Akademii Nauk Ukraini - Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine" type="">IZAS</collectionCode>
, D. Lunde, in litt., 2004); also on
<collectingRegion id="1F4130B24251AF5E40B7E55A8747B174" country="China" name="Hainan">Hainan</collectingRegion>
Isl off southern coast of
<collectingCountry id="14575AE63084EADA61BF884AD0B88EE4" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
; probably occurs in mountains of N
<collectingCountry id="BC00A7BABE87E6122D46F99B781DAD54" name="Laos">Laos</collectingCountry>
. Range primarily derived from specimens identified by Musser in
<collectionCode id="471AA3DAB49B1BFE1A0B2BE9C6ECC2CF" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="99D788013E69DDE230AAF78FEDBCD1FA">BMNH</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="9AC5B1A94E6CBC00D7B86E3EF2407F16" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" type="Museum">FMNH</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="9BA815A589AD4E4DC2D95094AD3B8EFB">IEBR</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="4B89C4F66F17EB65EA11BC8AD4A0955A" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
, and
<collectionCode id="9BC001B0F10609D92FF47F5CEDE61C16" country="Netherlands" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/a65z-wv6r" name="Universiteit van Amsterdam, Zoologisch Museum" type="">ZMA</collectionCode>
; also see
<bibRefCitation id="E250A8D2BD8895F928BEDF9B1D5678FF" author="Lunde, D. P. &amp; G. G. Musser &amp; N. T. Son" refId="ref217697" refString="Lunde, D. P., G. G. Musser, and N. T. Son. 2003 b. A survey of small mammals from Mt. Tay Con Linh II, Vietnam, with the description of a new species of Chodsigoa (Insectivora: Soricidae). Mammal Study, 28: 31 - 46." year="2003">
Lunde et al. (2003
<emphasis id="39080CEBD025CDB95BE96D25EDA8B2D0" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="E62F0519D2F82A00C5FE5F7221C13AB9" pageNumber="1425" type="conservation">
<paragraph id="936E80D274BBA5B9195E2AC64DE1DC29" pageNumber="1425">
<emphasis id="BEA8EB96C325605F34BD9C9B60C7D2D5" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1425">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="BDE3274CE34FABA1C2F2049DA5A0E521">IUCN</collectionCode>
Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BDC67A5B96937B2F2246EE5373CCFD57" pageNumber="1425" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="54F8B63396D7329057D9858A0FB2F769" pageNumber="1425">
<emphasis id="46E4F9D5B198A6A750669BFF7EB4004B" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1425">Discussion:</emphasis>
Originally described as a species,
<taxonomicName id="59B5E121C7D6D3492840517C8FEEAD47" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="B0434934AB2C476097273EDF40CE6B2A" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was later arranged as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="F0B1FBCD579BB6D0F4E3A6D2E95760BD" baseAuthorityName="Miller" baseAuthorityYear="1900" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="cremoriventer">
<emphasis id="E0D0E59AED0A655A01A18470958F78A0" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. cremoriventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4B3D3DD4BD466B2046CA54CF4DBF99F4" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref92857" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1941. The families and genera of living rodents. Vol. II. Family Muridae. British Museum (Natural History), London, 690 pp." year="1941">Ellerman, 1941</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="D71A43D471D1F2B688852A76EB1480F7" author="Ellerman, J. R." refId="ref93118" refString="Ellerman, J. R. 1961. Rodentia. Volume 3, in The fauna of India including Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon. Mammalia. Second ed. Manager of Publications, Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, vol. 3 (in 2 parts), 1: 1 - 482; 2: 483 - 884." year="1961">1961</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF14679409A6E21A78D91D80F9F227D7" author="Ellerman, J. R. &amp; T. C. S. Morrison-Scott" refId="ref93180" refString="Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott. 1951. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp." year="1951">Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951</bibRefCitation>
) until the type specimens were shown to represent a separate species (
<bibRefCitation id="CAE834696E743AD56E6D6C3ABC732B9C" author="Musser, G. G." refId="ref251465" refString="Musser, G. G. 1973 c. Species-limits of Rattus cremoriventer and Rattus langbianis, murid rodents of Southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands. American Museum Novitates, 2525: 1 - 65." year="1973">
Musser, 1973
<bibRefCitation id="4E66820D3201396DF2F171F97823149C" author="Groves, C. P." refId="ref131489" refString="Groves, C. P. 1981 b. Notes on gazelles. 2. Subspecies and clines in the springbok (Antidorcas). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 46: 189 - 197." year="1981">
<emphasis id="0B8823E2372E5E7BC1A2EE7874E181B9" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">c</emphasis>
, 1981
<emphasis id="98A155C664243A1C2CABAEDD3EA34DF7" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
</bibRefCitation>
). The large-bodied and montane
<taxonomicName id="CE53D15CA2F01CBF8CE26CD4EDE988C6" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="1BB80A6501854E0D927EEB4ADEFD4751" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is morphometrically most closely related to
<taxonomicName id="1F65AE0F2FCE0EC0AC93C5C1CDE1B1F9" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="F115856A191CB2E940BA2BE623C8002E" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
among species of
<taxonomicName id="75312443188F0F0EBE22B1F824BC1A5B" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="4D120F88290BE375DDBED86C857728C3" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Musser and Lunde, ms). Analysis of mtDNA cytochrome
<emphasis id="18F1AE29F38FE0009940061AB455A26A" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">b</emphasis>
sequences points to
<taxonomicName id="F90DFD7F12F87525A2F2DED72E68CDE9" baseAuthorityName="Swinhoe" baseAuthorityYear="1864" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="coninga">
<emphasis id="50C3E37D814F94084D4DE05ED107D8CC" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. coninga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the close ally of
<taxonomicName id="1213A4D76CE30ED8198502F758BC57DE" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="B62153596B4E09908EA4A53255ACE9F5" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and clusters both within a monophyletic clade also containing
<taxonomicName id="1C86D23068FA148089CF75667BD0886E" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="93CF8C8943EB2AEED79B857C5B046FB7" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="254774475BFC6A9B9D838EB3B7512F19" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="culturatus">
<emphasis id="FEA3C185C08B70FF6D02B9031370EDE9" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. culturatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(J. L. Patton, in litt., 2000;
<taxonomicName id="903A3DFB119CCD0F6B608BD2A05A8A17" baseAuthorityName="Abe" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="7833EEAA17CEE10C58BDBCAB0BCB025E" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="90485C337BC173DD0EFEB6AEF6499D97" baseAuthorityName="Robinson and Kloss" baseAuthorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="langbianis">
<emphasis id="182CC771E2752AC1D9F10124005674BB" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. langbianis</emphasis>
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were the only other
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<emphasis id="6955C734AF5E8C0AF7174734DA442D72" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sampled).
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<emphasis id="F79CED8D652C5DC172488642B8A0EC91" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Niviventer tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is restricted to montane habitats in Indochina mostly beyond the range of
<taxonomicName id="0A687021200C2E00EDE96EC1CC899D24" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="24B601597E89D1663C8480D9BD915225" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and is sympatric in some places with
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<emphasis id="392DB0DD281F7566A8E91A32B73F6B6F" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="97D9E3CB866D46479B6C61858F555250" baseAuthorityName="Robinson and Kloss" baseAuthorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="langbianis">
<emphasis id="CFE488AF49AC8A9E0CFF171AA1DC811A" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. langbianis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D4F6201DA736C2BFA89A52201CBEDF04" author="Lunde, D. P. &amp; G. G. Musser &amp; N. T. Son" refId="ref217697" refString="Lunde, D. P., G. G. Musser, and N. T. Son. 2003 b. A survey of small mammals from Mt. Tay Con Linh II, Vietnam, with the description of a new species of Chodsigoa (Insectivora: Soricidae). Mammal Study, 28: 31 - 46." year="2003">
Lunde et al., 2003
<emphasis id="AA6B86508DCE13212F9433AA6E915438" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="2E9AB0849231DE0F58834C5EC2B9BBB6" author="Musser, G. G." refId="ref251676" refString="Musser, G. G. 1981 b. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 105. Notes on systematics of Indo-Malayan murid rodents, and descriptions of new genera and species from Ceylon, Sulawesi, and the Philippines. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 168: 225 - 334." year="1981">
Musser, 1981
<emphasis id="B4B3FEA18E6EC76EE3DB5EB0714D50B5" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
; specimens in
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and
<collectionCode id="BAEF81984138C7C17C4058A45EA58994">IEBR</collectionCode>
) In NE
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,
<taxonomicName id="874A8275411ECE3B3B405B201BC70B4D" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="7EEFAB9665EECC9B72B87ABD55C87D83" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs on the same mountain (Fan Si Pan) as
<taxonomicName id="4963E7B883AAFAFB170AF33475FE87A2" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="BCBBF7DE07721B2400743C3C82211BB7" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but at lower montane altitudes (Musser and Lunde, ms). Mountains in N
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, where
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<emphasis id="68DA0A5DEAF4036BF1499AFE5BF7F745" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
might also be expected, are instead occupied by
<taxonomicName id="9033A75C67AAFE52A95FF86884848515" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="0516A6AFCBF522036B6DD526FAE56530" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="2D59A5E2531C4A0CF21B322DE1CF7C9C" baseAuthorityName="Abe" baseAuthorityYear="1983" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="0E1EB30D73FF636979A2305E71BACC49" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and an undescribed species larger in body size than
<taxonomicName id="81DFFA730EE6B42EECF2BEB5F7BFCC0A" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="23691750CC496BBDFD697DB9FDD85ECB" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, darker in fur coloration, and morphometrically unrelated (Musser and Lunde, ms).
<bibRefCitation id="324CDD25947D975AB8EC032216E16292" author="Robinson, H. C. &amp; C. B. Kloss" refId="ref307485" refString="Robinson, H. C., and C. B. Kloss. 1922. New mammals from French Indo-China and Siam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 9: 87 - 99." year="1922">Robinson and Kloss (1922)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="937EB3F0BC2CD492945BE3BD1A8F5C87" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">champa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="F525632EAC3E3802D04D9967AC6DCE62" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Rattus bukit</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="E519258084937CA1A5200D99D16DA62B" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotipes">
<emphasis id="365D51D3E049ED7FA6360C2C36C62D47" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">lotipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was proposed as a subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="BD5B571462DBB522E1D1E7CDAD14C0A2" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="121E80283C64B223C40A624B53F6CFF1" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">Rattus confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by G. M.
<bibRefCitation id="31CD788A3CD2DA91A685548D6E8C988F" author="Allen, G. M." refId="ref4774" refString="Allen, G. M. 1926. Rats (genus Rattus) from the Asiatic Expeditions. American Museum Novitates, 217: 16 pp." year="1926">Allen (1926)</bibRefCitation>
; morphometric analyses closely cluster large samples from type localities of both taxa (which includes
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) with samples of
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<emphasis id="2E4AE71A73EF337091FF69EA77204C16" italics="true" pageNumber="1425">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from elsewhere in the range (Musser and Lunde, ms). Karyotype of sample from Dalat Plateau in
<collectingCountry id="0DE64B3B2FC14B0FA19147F8CB7F9EC0" name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
recorded by
<bibRefCitation id="4B24A4676C0675C9003765766E18BD28" author="Baskevich, M. I. &amp; G. V. Kuznetsov" refId="ref22628" refString="Baskevich, M. I., and G. V. Kuznetsov. 2000. Preliminary chromosomal results of Niviventer Marshall, 1976 (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae) from the Dalat Plateau in southern Vietnam. Pp. 351 - 356, in Isolated vertebrate communities in the tropics (G. Rheinwald, ed.). Bonner Zoologische Monographien, 46, 400 pp." year="2000">Baskevich and Kuznetsov (2000)</bibRefCitation>
.
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