Authority citation: Robinson, H.C. and Kloss, C.B. 1922-01-01. New mammals from French Indo-China and Siam. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)9(49):87-99.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24300889
Original name as described: Rattus blythi mekongis
Nominal names: mekongis (H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1922) | condorensis (Kloss, 1926)
Other common names: Mekong Niviventer
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Muridae -- Subfamily: Murinae -- Tribe: Rattini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1926.11.16.13
Type locality: Bak Mat on the Mekong River (N 18° 53′), Laos.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): China (CHN) | Vietnam (VNM) | Laos (LAO)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: split from N. huang (previously a synonym of N. fulvescens)
Citation: Balakirev, A. E., Abramov, A. V., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2011). Taxonomic revision of Niviventer (Rodentia, Muridae) from Vietnam: a morphological and molecular approach. Russian Journal of Theriology, 10(1), 1-26.|Ge, D., Feijó, A., Abramov, A. V., Wen, Z., Liu, Z., Cheng, J., ... & Yang, Q. (2020). Molecular phylogeny and morphological diversity of the Niviventer fulvescens species complex with emphasis on species from China. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa040.
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