Coxing's White-bellied Rat

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Coxing's White-bellied Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Niviventer
Species: N. coninga
Binomial name
Niviventer coninga
(Swinhoe, 1864)
Synonyms

coxinga (Swinhoe, 1871)
coxingi (Thomas, 1892)

The Coxing's White-Bellied Rat (Niviventer coninga) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in Taiwan.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Niviventer coxingi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.