Niviventer

Niviventer cremoriventer

The white-bellied rats ( Niviventer ) are a rodent species from the group of Altweltmäuse ( Murinae ). The genus includes 17 species.

White-bellied rats are rat-like animals. They reach a body length 11-21 centimeters, which must be added a 12 to 27 centimeters long tail comes. Is your weight, if known, about 60 to 80 grams. The coat color on the back varies from gray-brown to red-brown, the belly is usually white.

These rodents are native to South and Southeast Asia, their range extends from India and the Middle China to Borneo and Java. Their habitat are different types of forests, both lowland and mountain forests. They can live both on the ground and in the trees.

Wilson & Reeder (2005) distinguish the following 17 species:

• Niviventer andersoni lives in mountainous countries in central and southern China.
• Niviventer brahma inhabited the north-eastern India and northern Myanmar.
• Niviventer cameroni occurs on the Malay peninsula, in the Cameron Highlands.
• Niviventer confucianus is native to central and eastern China and northern Southeast Asia.
• Niviventer coninga lives only on Taiwan.
• Niviventer cremoriventer inhabits the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and Java.
• Niviventer culturatus is endemic to Taiwan.
• Niviventer eha inhabit the Himalayan region in northern India and Nepal and southern China.
• Niviventer excelsior lives in southwestern China.
• Niviventer fraternus occurs in western Sumatra.
• Niviventer fulvescens is widespread throughout Southeast Asia.
• Niviventer hinpoon inhabited a small area in south-east Thailand.
• Niviventer langbianis occurs in wide parts of northern Southeast Asia.
• Niviventer lepturus lives on Java.
• Niviventer niviventer inhabit the Himalayan region of northern South Asia.
• Niviventer rapit is endemic to Borneo.
• Niviventer tenaster lives in northern Southeast Asia.

Among the endangered species include IUCN cameroni C. and C. cremoniventer, "at risk" than that, and C. culturatus that are listed as " Threatened ". For C. hinpon lacked data, the other species are " not at risk ", according to IUCN.

Systematically, the white-bellied rats are classified within the Altweltmäuse in the Dacnomys group.