Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat

Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Niviventer
Species: N. fraternus
Binomial name
Niviventer fraternus
(Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

The montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (Niviventer fraternus), also known as the Montane Sumatran niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in the montane forests along the mountains of western Sumatra, Indonesia.[2]

References

  1. Aplin, K., Lunde, D. & Ruedas, L. (2008). Niviventer fraternus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
  2. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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