Authority citation: David, A. 1871. Rapport adressé à MM. les professeurs-administrateurs du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)7(Bulletin):75-100.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13955517
Original name as described: Mus confucianus
Nominal names: confucianus (A. Milne-Edwards in A. David, 1871) | luticolor (O. Thomas, 1908) | canorus (O. Thomas, 1911) | mentosus (O. Thomas, 1916) | chihliensis (O. Thomas, 1917) | littoreus (Cabrera, 1922) | yushuensis (Wang Song & Zheng Changlin, 1981) | naoniuensis (Zhang Ziyu & Zhao Mingshan, 1984) | deqinensis Deng Xianyu & Wang Yingxiang in Deng Xianyu, Feng Qing, & Wang Yingxiang, 2000 | yajianensis Deng Xianyu & Wang Yingxiang in Deng Xianyu, Feng Qing, & Wang Yingxiang, 2000 [incorrect original spelling] | yajiangensis Deng Xianyu & Wang Yingxiang in Deng Xianyu, Feng Qing, & Wang Yingxiang, 2000 | deqianensis Wang Yingxiang, 2003 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: Chinese Niviventer|Chinese White-bellied Rat|Confucian Niviventer|Sulphur-bellied Rat
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Muridae -- Subfamily: Murinae -- Tribe: Rattini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MNHN 1870-21
Type locality: "Setchuan [= Szechwan, China]."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): China (CHN) | Myanmar (MMR) | Thailand (THA) | Vietnam (VNM)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: previously included N. sacer (which had been included under N. bukit)
Citation: Li, Y., Li, Y., Li, H., Wang, J., Rong, X., & Li, Y. (2020). Niviventer confucianus sacer (Rodentia, Muridae) is a distinct species based on molecular, karyotyping, and morphological evidence. ZooKeys, 959, 137-159.Ge, D., Lu, L., Xia, L., Du, Y., Wen, Z., Cheng, J., ... & Yang, Q. (2018). Molecular phylogeny, morphological diversity, and systematic revision of a species complex of common wild rat species in China (Rodentia, Murinae). Journal of Mammalogy, 99(6), 1350-1374.|
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