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<emphasis id="DC498BDAF8044532C7DEFDBBD23B68CF" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer confucianus</emphasis>
(Milne-Edwards 1871)
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<emphasis id="AF5F276E7C384BA2E53AC4003A5D7D7A" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">[Niviventer] confucianus</emphasis>
(Milne-Edwards 1871)
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, 
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Nouv. Arch. 
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. Hist. Nat. Paris, 7 (Bull.): 93
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.
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<emphasis id="A7BC76C5A2A4EC5B1ECDE5EB989BA74D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1419">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="504B83CE27ABB8567740057B499F3727" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, Szechwan, Moupin.
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<emphasis id="1DC2BD8A5F27112A40ACEF95687768E6" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1419">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
<vernacularName id="6A9548EE0B3DFAE9FE6723E781FAFEC8" language="eng" pageNumber="1419">Confucian Niviventer</vernacularName>
.
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<emphasis id="C27E06D557397340D885FE54D3FE3757" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1419">Synonyms:</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="1C28F85276EE2CA397484FF52DAB7788" authority="(Thomas 1911)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canorus">
<emphasis id="439B610EE5C6CB7211AAFE2E221E9944" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer canorus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1911)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="CAE4E6AF7B931D446DC6AB53A454E881" authority="(Thomas 1917)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1917" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chihliensis">
<emphasis id="1218410F11C39F51D6D79C0B2A1C1EA5" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer chihliensis</emphasis>
(Thomas 1917)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="F5F4119F843F5E0AD1EFB47AF29EFFF2" authority="Deng and Wang 2000" authorityName="Deng and Wang" authorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deqinensis">
<emphasis id="3FEA959500348CD573F949C414D47C4A" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer deqinensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FF72C30666033D0A47A0DAC679E306B3" author="Deng, X. - Y. &amp; Q. Feng &amp; Y. - X. Wang" refId="ref81207" refString="Deng, X. - Y., Q. Feng, and Y. - X. Wang. 2000. [Differentiation of subspecies of Chinese white-bellied rat (Niviventer confucianus) in southwestern China with descriptions of two new subspecies.] Zoological Research, 5: 375 - 382 (in Chinese with English abstract)." year="2000">Deng and Wang 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="17F8823B9E848DC595B86B4E32440306" authority="(Shih 1931)" baseAuthorityName="Shih" baseAuthorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="elegans">
<emphasis id="3BE6399ADA80D250A6218B76561E7027" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer elegans</emphasis>
(Shih 1931)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="F09F4583754C2DACE2E82CC824FCC289" authority="(Cabrera 1922)" baseAuthorityName="Cabrera" baseAuthorityYear="1922" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="littoreus">
<emphasis id="4B33BDCEEE686FD07347E2E1F947BBA8" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer littoreus</emphasis>
(Cabrera 1922)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="AAD5F03DC593FA65D5A9D79812AC39B9" authority="(Thomas 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="luticolor">
<emphasis id="7B7CB57BFE63BB27C31881724033A5DE" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer luticolor</emphasis>
(Thomas 1908)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="8E553C1475569B3D24F9810DDABF8C7D" authority="(Thomas 1916)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mentosus">
<emphasis id="C6E34BE0A362337E01C5D601861BA284" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer mentosus</emphasis>
(Thomas 1916)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="48A40DA9F401F85E54241A79B400C76E" authority="(Zhang and Zhao 1984)" baseAuthorityName="Zhang and Zhao" baseAuthorityYear="1984" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="naoniuensis">
<emphasis id="62C12703E0F2A17655D54B4A96F3FACD" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer naoniuensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EADBAFBD8BF01D6DE2000EA373EB6589" author="Zhang Zi-yu &amp; Zhao Ming-shan" refId="ref405665" refString="Zhang Zi-yu and Zhao Ming-shan. 1984. [A new subspecies of the sulphur-bellied rat from Jilin- - Rattus niviventer naoniuensis.] Acta Zoologica Sinica, 30: 99 - 102 (in Chinese)." year="1984">Zhang and Zhao 1984</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="89C8BE93560D25E75CB966A544CCF533" authority="(Thomas 1908)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1908" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sacer">
<emphasis id="7220DCF34CCAD0EC3201CC10EC789514" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer sacer</emphasis>
(Thomas 1908)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="2949395A6FABD72D7CB6461673A23628" authority="(Shih 1931)" baseAuthorityName="Shih" baseAuthorityYear="1931" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sinianus">
<emphasis id="94FF807D6AB171454C0BE1FF81D93855" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer sinianus</emphasis>
(Shih 1931)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="485F50EE0CA2BAA3D8D0B03E8E41884B" authority="Deng and Wang 2000" authorityName="Deng and Wang" authorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yajiangensis">
<emphasis id="0D5B0A5B1DD4E951419D84362F0FE87C" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer yajiangensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="43D099D39218AE0DCF24B21CBC15E45B" author="Deng, X. - Y. &amp; Q. Feng &amp; Y. - X. Wang" refId="ref81207" refString="Deng, X. - Y., Q. Feng, and Y. - X. Wang. 2000. [Differentiation of subspecies of Chinese white-bellied rat (Niviventer confucianus) in southwestern China with descriptions of two new subspecies.] Zoological Research, 5: 375 - 382 (in Chinese with English abstract)." year="2000">Deng and Wang 2000</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="EE48C03545B4F411EF13A6C92BEBD6E5" authority="(Wang and Zheng 1981)" baseAuthorityName="Wang and Zheng" baseAuthorityYear="1981" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yushuensis">
<emphasis id="72F6A3D2507A2BC47433EA92BCCD388F" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer yushuensis</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E1DA48FADD3DDACA8A02362073CD6264" author="Wang Sung &amp; Zheng Chang-lin" refId="ref382234" refString="Wang Sung and Zheng Chang-lin. 1981. [On the subspecies of the Chinese sulphur-bellied rat- - Rattus niviventer Hodgson.] Sinozoologia, 1: 1 - 8 (in Chinese)." year="1981">Wang and Zheng 1981</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="6C2569ADDE4528286A430FAF7D79BA77" authority="(G. M. Allen 1912)" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1912" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1419" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zappeyi">
<emphasis id="2EE717C4331DD944E4FBFAA0221EAFA1" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer zappeyi</emphasis>
(G. M. Allen 1912)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="E89D2FC69ADE9DF375DBBBBF3AD65304" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1419">Distribution:</emphasis>
N 
<collectingCountry id="64ABDFD026D6BF603805010212B3114C" name="Myanmar">Burma</collectingCountry>
and mainland 
<collectingCountry id="B3980130840979A0FE8982D347841662" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
(from 
<collectingRegion id="3B52679B9480DDE26B59D2C2AFFE4850" country="China" name="Yunnan">Yunnan</collectingRegion>
and W 
<collectingRegion id="B7FB1D0B598E5AC52F00F91A13DAFE05" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan</collectingRegion>
west to 
<collectingRegion id="059A4D11C50A588BFF5D724F672F9403" country="China" name="Fujian">Fujian</collectingRegion>
and north to 
<collectingRegion id="644B23468C8F5F9A41258B1C985BC36D" country="China" name="Jilin">Jilin Province</collectingRegion>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="F4CEC1AF9C96373C8CAF429FAEFCBB7E" author="Wang, Y." refId="ref382514" refString="Wang, Y. 2003. A complete checklist of mammal species and subspecies in China. A taxonomic and geographic reference. China Forestry Publishing House, (Beijing), 394 pp." year="2003">Wang, 2003</bibRefCitation>
, and 
<bibRefCitation id="D597688D14B67CF800A870FC8234DC99" author="Zhang, Y. &amp; S. Jin &amp; G. Quan &amp; S. Li &amp; Z. Ye &amp; F. Wang &amp; M. Zhang" refId="ref405616" refString="Zhang, Y., S. Jin, G. Quan, S. Li, Z. Ye, F. Wang, and M. Zhang. 1997. Distribution of mammalian species in China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 280 pp." year="1997">Zhang et al., 1997</bibRefCitation>
); also mountains of NW 
<collectingCountry id="943574D1BC623F6D998B0C7446C9ED22" name="Thailand">Thailand</collectingCountry>
(summit Doi Inthanon, Chiengmai Province) and extreme NW 
<collectingCountry id="300B2D896FC2F9A9BD6A0BD63BCF5B0A" name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
(summit Mt Fan Si Pan west of the Red River); may also be found on summits of mountains in N 
<collectingCountry id="BE98F662EFE263B5A19AC17407DBB4C6" name="Laos">Laos</collectingCountry>
; not recorded from islands off coast of 
<collectingCountry id="53182BC66B8BAF0DF780DC68BE3DBE9A" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
. Because of past confusion of 
<taxonomicName id="92DFECBD031F73CA79075EDF00453417" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="C883FE580F94F0FD53F2BC4B946CFD08" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with 
<taxonomicName id="CDE7AF5C4E5B6BB4A65512C510B5CD46" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="7F9DB3576075096C83CFFB21DD2670B5" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName id="050986EB51982D9FB0AB805C0D37B008" baseAuthorityName="Hodgson" baseAuthorityYear="1836" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niviventer">
<emphasis id="07C266DA9CB336B0A2673E167C933E2D" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName id="94E61984D39CB2527578382B67EC3328" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1847" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="E96539085704B6B7E534044469B86EAA" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the range outlined here is derived primarily from Musser’s identification of specimens in 
<collectionCode id="C1CF6CFAE6D2D28CFA2BCA191561B0F7" 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="EC393689EE1A6DABB35A54BC1A33CA90">BMNH</collectionCode>
, 
<collectionCode id="B094ED31F72630AF4FE8B2DD60219E36" 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="F3246A4F1FFFE76AAA7758385313786F" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
, 
<collectionCode id="6AB36E1F604B8791074E44C5A985E388" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34777" name="Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California Berkeley" type="Museum">MVZ</collectionCode>
, and 
<collectionCode id="DF3A7D26D1571638BD1345982B567D2B" 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>
.
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<paragraph id="539D76F79B2F4461AC5C8986A593E149" pageNumber="1419">
<emphasis id="6E05FB83CB156FC7AC1BA7A614D2C683" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1419">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="98F2A227CA718DB1CE8EE14B0DF31D09">IUCN</collectionCode>
– Lower Risk (lc).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EC97952B458FEF0798805B202BB130E5" pageNumber="1419">
<emphasis id="ED5B85FF30145FE0525D2DD5F933AD50" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1419">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="CDFD6E45632C09562C79BBE63A000F21" pageNumber="1419">
Usually included in 
<taxonomicName id="4450E6EAAD1E46F88F9E7A36D35CD11E" baseAuthorityName="Hodgson" baseAuthorityYear="1836" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niviventer">
<emphasis id="EF0C6BF398B1C048D8A3A48B1E0ACDC1" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but that allocation is not supported by present evidence (
<bibRefCitation id="46E6BCC89859142A22080B2B441F0656" author="Abe, H." refId="ref271" refString="Abe, H. 1983. Variation and taxonomy of Niviventer fulvescens and notes on Niviventer group of rats in Thailand. Journal of the Mammalogical Society of Japan, 9: 151 - 161." year="1983">Abe, 1983</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="3ACDCE938788545469C454B03ED8CD00" author="Corbet, G. B. &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref67955" refString="Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp." year="1992">Corbet and Hill, 1992</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="02ADC14697AE681A277D82175BDD369B" 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="83E53DBC666537E16F508E6A8209F127" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
; Musser and Lunde, ms). 
<taxonomicName id="FA50E2EFA92B6B7628A8CD88A08E36B7" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="AF23C682235F4ECC95D859259602E75C" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is basically endemic to SE portion of the Palearctic region east of the Himalayas and generally north of the Tropic of Cancer; south of that line, this northern species has been found only on mountaintops in NW 
<collectingCountry id="7BEC5D85E2891584DD226309C7C51F66" name="Thailand">Thailand</collectingCountry>
and NW 
<collectingCountry id="CB270ED8414ACC648A6005D7D8B1821E" name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
. Sympatric with 
<taxonomicName id="92BF15B7C810854E1906CF2FFB40A95D" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1847" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="43C55128F15AD83310DBE73085AEA7FC" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and an undescribed larger-bodied species in N 
<collectingCountry id="000C84D83D4617E5DBA929BC824462CE" name="Myanmar">Burma</collectingCountry>
, with 
<taxonomicName id="B41B3AA8599EF747AD174FA401F2BB69" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1847" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="10FBB65FFB72533BB803D23FA843CA18" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in S 
<collectingCountry id="F1A07702CD8DF3B68957CDF64F934D82" name="China">China</collectingCountry>
, with and with 
<taxonomicName id="780EB3B0804810FE7952E38DDFFC37FD" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andersoni">
<emphasis id="8F18516E05D3E10874909BCC2B66A1F9" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. andersoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4B23FBB779B908E0DD6E03B1318CB5E9" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="7C09A40F7C3F0E66F065D280233AD5C0" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in highlands of 
<collectingRegion id="5FF926E70657378E8E8033FA223BEDEC" country="China" name="Sichuan">Sichuan</collectingRegion>
. 
<taxonomicName id="56102FB9BF00D17E601244F203BEE4BE" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="7655A4CE47A7B3B6DF91349967E618DD" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is replaced westward in the Himalayas by the smaller-bodied 
<taxonomicName id="383A4F37B63D5B4A18C86DADF3CE7173" baseAuthorityName="Hodgson" baseAuthorityYear="1836" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niviventer">
<emphasis id="ED92F698D51042B35A6A0E80AEF3E7D1" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in mountains south of the Tropic of Cancer by the larger-bodied and montane 
<taxonomicName id="5136151929ED741EC6EFCAB83272FE66" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="CFB1B364E288572A92CCF424DD6B2EBD" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Musser and Lunde, ms). In NW 
<collectingCountry id="8A9780C1651EE290CF2DF1280B4606B7" name="Vietnam">Vietnam</collectingCountry>
, 
<taxonomicName id="2DEEC2865E0A0DFC79A48053ABDAFE1B" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="32B50719D8FF44C44B207AEDA594BEB0" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found near summit of Mt Fan Si Pan with 
<taxonomicName id="40AD5B86EF15542292AEC18B00B27C1B" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="DA9E9323B427A974DA12C93F21A856BA" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="97DF45AB5689B92B9C2B7E8019FC8D38" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1847" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="E3A5765DBBBAC12E323DA7E442FBCF2B" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occuring at lower altitudes (Musser and Lunde, ms). Westward range boundary is unresolved. Dimensions of Chakraborty’s (1975) specimen of &quot; 
<taxonomicName id="7336F21C7027BEE413362221BD0C7BB7" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="niviventer" subSpecies="niviventer">
<emphasis id="0911E03C9BD054EF593540DE9B56A693" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Rattus niviventer niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot; from W 
<collectingCountry id="1F2D661F66F3FC1183A740670252AE23" name="Bhutan">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
are too large for 
<taxonomicName id="44B5DD211961C222C269FF4C0EC8AE2E" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niviventer">
<emphasis id="F93A4962BC22A44AF598DE773C88C95A" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, match those typical of 
<taxonomicName id="06CF1FD6B6CCBAAFBE65CE87F9222835" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="E792C703105795F7202FCC8F286EEE0F" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and may represent that species, as could the samples from NE 
<collectingCountry id="25C3990CA5D83D5A2304AA41D5E56DEF" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
treated as 
<taxonomicName id="0D50CDA4FC9F644B746416FFD7F37305" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niviventer">
<emphasis id="15B971CEFDD0D1167034F56F11FD49C9" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by 
<bibRefCitation id="66E7FC78998364650F7FCAAC2B9710D4" author="Agrawal, V. C." refId="ref2022" refString="Agrawal, V. C. 2000. Taxonomic studies on Indian Muridae and Hystricidae (Mammalia: Rodentia). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 180, 186 pp." year="2000">Agrawal (2000)</bibRefCitation>
. If so, the westward range of 
<taxonomicName id="95D28FA1B98637B6C664BF5CD1D62546" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="5D04843B5D751E334F49F2BBFDFEB12E" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would extend to 
<collectingCountry id="E34BEFDD247176241E4FE718B512B1C8" name="Bhutan">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
but no farther; another look at the 
<collectingCountry id="ECE328FFB41AE946D2C62747A4FA324F" name="Bhutan">Bhutan</collectingCountry>
and NE Indian series would resolve the issue (see account of 
<taxonomicName id="F22614031EF4BD3A9E4B5DD1EB2C8568" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niviventer">
<emphasis id="D9E7A76412879429FDC5123BA89273FD" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BB3CE0E42982A27A54463D8F72AD623B" pageNumber="1419">
Morphometric analyses (Musser and Lunde, ms) indicates 
<taxonomicName id="05E08F468750D55C0007950E87E33652" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="DF59B75BF47CFFBF3BC4CB18011F734D" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to be most closely related to 
<taxonomicName id="9D0DBE77BEF28908081C8B0CDFBFCC7A" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="59576E75249BE0400991FD9BA4D778AE" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, an alliance supported by analysis of mtDNA cytochrome 
<emphasis id="3114AEBC728E9DD568F85F6D1A731F08" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">b</emphasis>
sequences (J. L. Patton, in litt., 2000). Geographic variation in body size and pelage coloration is conspicuous within 
<taxonomicName id="15A059CF60D31D691741F179E21F513A" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="B0D18885022227A34072352B2D5741DA" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but its significance has yet to be revealed by careful systematic revision. 
<bibRefCitation id="844A2A76EBEE304365EDEF7D07D239E9" author="Wang Sung &amp; Zheng Chang-lin" refId="ref382234" refString="Wang Sung and Zheng Chang-lin. 1981. [On the subspecies of the Chinese sulphur-bellied rat- - Rattus niviventer Hodgson.] Sinozoologia, 1: 1 - 8 (in Chinese)." year="1981">Wang and Zheng (1981)</bibRefCitation>
reported results from a systematic study under the name of 
<taxonomicName id="805B2D2C7257618F2E02A6AD95A639A2" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="niviventer">
<emphasis id="5B6484A94F5A255C0C95FB5650CD3EF6" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Rattus niviventer</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and described 
<taxonomicName id="FC1D6EAC6C58FE76CC933709382AF7A9" baseAuthorityName="Wang and Zheng" baseAuthorityYear="1981" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yushuensis">
<emphasis id="366A60F81DA9B7057F4641494FF2887E" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">yushuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subspecies. 
<bibRefCitation id="7530C5BCCD445052DC4C29E4F68520F0" author="Zhang Zi-yu &amp; Zhao Ming-shan" refId="ref405665" refString="Zhang Zi-yu and Zhao Ming-shan. 1984. [A new subspecies of the sulphur-bellied rat from Jilin- - Rattus niviventer naoniuensis.] Acta Zoologica Sinica, 30: 99 - 102 (in Chinese)." year="1984">Zhang and Zhao (1984)</bibRefCitation>
proposed 
<taxonomicName id="CBAE5A1BA6BCD10D34BE71EF04698AA9" baseAuthorityName="Zhang and Zhao" baseAuthorityYear="1984" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="naoniuensis">
<emphasis id="6BFD299694371F7ECDCD3B68CB742D2D" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">naoniuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a subspecies. 
<bibRefCitation id="BCAAC264C67E85A2EAD7B33F60D33306" author="Deng, X. - Y. &amp; Q. Feng &amp; Y. - X. Wang" refId="ref81207" refString="Deng, X. - Y., Q. Feng, and Y. - X. Wang. 2000. [Differentiation of subspecies of Chinese white-bellied rat (Niviventer confucianus) in southwestern China with descriptions of two new subspecies.] Zoological Research, 5: 375 - 382 (in Chinese with English abstract)." year="2000">Deng et al. (2000)</bibRefCitation>
diagnosed 
<taxonomicName id="F69CB5CF6AF668F5A382CBAB6127EA51" authorityName="Deng and Wang" authorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="yajiangensis">
<emphasis id="67C29B906C41753BFCBC157F5A5F701B" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">yajiangensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from W Sichuan and 
<taxonomicName id="257D0946EA1DCC311D4AF2B9761C17C8" authorityName="Deng and Wang" authorityYear="2000" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="deqinensis">
<emphasis id="7B622080D915A9F9A4F365A8C97BD235" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">deqinensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from NW Yunnan as subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="47BADF32931B88BFC4C10E364A2CE164" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="C6C33DF99B28D75421101F422301212A" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Niviventer confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. 
<bibRefCitation id="2251D3A87E4F75536B58FE81A81F4454" author="Deng, X. - Y. &amp; Q. Feng &amp; Y. - X. Wang" refId="ref81207" refString="Deng, X. - Y., Q. Feng, and Y. - X. Wang. 2000. [Differentiation of subspecies of Chinese white-bellied rat (Niviventer confucianus) in southwestern China with descriptions of two new subspecies.] Zoological Research, 5: 375 - 382 (in Chinese with English abstract)." year="2000">Deng et al. (2000)</bibRefCitation>
also suggested that ten subspecies be recognized in 
<taxonomicName id="B561E20E5219B4EA101186C6E486DB89" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="988C07108243C38DCF1C0CB4DEA43884" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; one of these, 
<taxonomicName id="AF08B1850CA5AC86662F0A9E420BCD65" baseAuthorityName="G. M. Allen" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lotipes">
<emphasis id="BBCCF94B7CDFFEEC1653261CD837231E" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">lotipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, represents 
<taxonomicName id="AE81D638E9D9BC1977ED0E2FDD5F6E6B" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tenaster">
<emphasis id="2FD6B1B53510CF7B2D4212227167344A" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. tenaster</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see that account), and another, 
<taxonomicName id="93FD07514C53394AD6392C3C6FBA7E9C" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1917" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="culturatus">
<emphasis id="979D11F925A45E1A30AEBD809159813C" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">culturatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is treated here as a separate species (see account).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="462EC0AE045A3D1EF7EF3D100B1FDC9A" pageNumber="1419">
Chromosomal characteristics documented for 
<taxonomicName id="4FB3C264EE7F6B88E8E9D0BD9724050D" authority="(Markvong et al., 1973)" baseAuthorityName="Markvong" baseAuthorityYear="1973" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thai">
Thai (
<bibRefCitation id="2D7CE8EB5C383B5F7F6F4BB9219844F3" author="Markvong, A. &amp; J. Marshall &amp; A. Gropp" refId="ref225767" refString="Markvong, A., J. Marshall, and A. Gropp. 1973. Chromosomes of rats and mice of Thailand. Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society, 25: 23 - 40." year="1973">Markvong et al., 1973</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and Chinese (
<bibRefCitation id="B70AC0F48601E04E588074D606A5BB0B" author="Wang, J. - X. &amp; X. - F. Zhao &amp; H. - Y. Qi &amp; Y. - Z. Wang" refId="ref381900" refString="Wang, J. - X., X. - F. Zhao, H. - Y. Qi, and Y. - Z. Wang. 1997. [Karyotypes of Niviventer confucianus (Rodentia: Muridae).] Acta Zoologica Sinica, 43 (3): 324 - 327 (in Chinese)." year="1997">Wang et al., 1997</bibRefCitation>
) samples. Ecological relationship with 
<taxonomicName id="4515AAA2DCB6BE6680937C3FDAD03EAC" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1847" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fulvescens">
<emphasis id="2E0C6B3D584E6DF437B51D585256174C" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. fulvescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other murines in S Yunnan reported by 
<bibRefCitation id="18EEDD37EC3026D04BB5B22A77048CD7" author="Wu, D. - L. &amp; J. Luo &amp; B. J. Fox" refId="ref395747" refString="Wu, D. - L., J. Luo, and B. J. Fox. 1996. A comparison of ground-dwelling small mammal communities in primary and secondary tropical rainforests in China. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 12: 215 - 230." year="1996">Wu et al. (1996)</bibRefCitation>
. Morphology of digestive tract related to energy metabolism in 
<taxonomicName id="C0114D7F963E03F87C187C94DB8A5ACE" baseAuthorityName="Milne-Edwards" baseAuthorityYear="1871" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Niviventer" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="confucianus">
<emphasis id="218CD31015FE8092F06CD9F14B5BD2DC" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">N. confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(reported as 
<taxonomicName id="3AE67660F331C28A4ACA58E88A91DD8F" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="niviventer" subSpecies="confucianus">
<emphasis id="C27B7AF0248F449AD9AD764672F3A314" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Rattus niviventer confucianus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) versus 
<taxonomicName id="95076488751D8789A36071503546E9FB" baseAuthorityName="Berkenhout" baseAuthorityYear="1769" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Rattus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="norvegicus">
<emphasis id="37A7BCBAC229C976786F187F8F4F9598" italics="true" pageNumber="1419">Rattus norvegicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
presented by 
<bibRefCitation id="5B33B2694C6D0B76B8CA9C82BF949E55" author="Bao, Y. &amp; W. Du &amp; Y. Lin &amp; W. Jin" refId="ref20190" refString="Bao, Y., W. Du, Y. Lin, and W. Jin. 1998. [Energy metabolism and the morphology of digestive tract in Rattus niviventer confucianus and Rattus norvegicus.] Acta Theriologica Sinica, 18 (3): 202 - 207 (in Chinese, with English abstract)." year="1998">Bao et al. (1998)</bibRefCitation>
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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