Smoke-bellied Niviventer

distribution

Distribution: Southern China, Northeastern India, Nepal and Northern Myanmar (Proposed Imawbum NP).

Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist

discussion

Discussion: Reviewed by Musser (1970 b) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Shared morphological traits and proportions support the hypothesis of close phylogenetic relationship between N. eha and N. brahma (Musser, 1981 b; Corbet and Hill, 1992), but this alliance should be tested by analyses of other morphological traits and gene sequences. Anthony reviewed the population from N Burma, and G. M. Allen (1940) discussed distribution and morphological traits of population in Yunnan. Zhang et al. (1997) mapped the species as occurring east of Yunnan in the provinces of Guizhou and Guangxi, but those records are so far out of the documented biogeographical range that they require verification. Biology, habitats, and aspects of morphological variation for samples from C and E Nepal reported by Abe (1971) and Gruber (1969).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Recorded from C and E Nepal, India (West Bengal, Sikkim, and N Assam; Agrawal, 2000, and Ellerman, 1961), N Burma (Musser, 1970 b), and S China (S Xizang and W Yunnan; Wang, 2003) in montane forests.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Musser (1970 b). Shared morphological traits and proportions support the hypothesis of close phylogenetic relationship between N. eha and N. brahma.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae