Montane Javan Niviventer

discussion

Discussion: Reviewed and compared with other species of Niviventer by Musser (1981 b). Originally described as a species, subsequently kept that way in a " lepturus Group " by Ellerman (1941: 197), then arranged as a subspecies of rapit (Chasen, 1940; Sody, 1941), and finally recognized again as a separate species and distinctive member of the endemic Javan murine fauna (Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser, 1986; Musser and Newcomb, 1983; see account of Kadarsanomys sodyi). Multivariate analyses of morphometric traits cluster N. lepturus with the Taiwanese N. culturatus, Chinese N. andersoni and N. excelsior, and Burmese N. brahma, and not with any of the other species of Niviventer occurring on the Sunda Shelf (Musser and Lunde, ms).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Endemic to montane forest in W and C Java (based upon specimens in AMNH, BMNH, MVZ, RMBR, and RMNH).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Reviewed and compared with other species of Niviventer by Musser (1981 b). A distinctive member of the endemic Javan murine fauna (Musser, 1986; Musser and Newcomb, 1983).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENT: Formerly included in rapit; includes fredericae and maculipectus; see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 168 (3): 237.

Order Rodentia (Part 5)