Cameron Highlands Niviventer
Niviventer cameroni (Chasen, 1940)
Also calledCameron-Hochland-Weiltbauchratte (deu) · Rat de Cameron (fra) · białobrzuch wyżynny (pol) · キャメロンクリゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Bull. Raffles Mus. vol.15 p.176
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Originally described as a subspecies of Rattus rapit (= Niviventer rapit) but differs from N. rapit in being much larger in all cranial and dental dimensions, especially the longer molar row, and lacking a conspicuously tufted tail. Whether N. cameroni is phylogenetically more closely related to N. rapit than to other species on the Sunda Shelf and in the Indochinese region needs to be determined using other morphological suites and gene sequences. Niviventer cameroni joins Maxomys inas and Pithecheir parvus as the three endemic murines occurring on the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Recorded only from mountain forest in the Cameron Highlands, 5000 - 6600 ft (1524 - 2012 m; specimens in BMNH, RMBR, and USNM).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Malay Peninsula, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, 5000 ft (1524 m).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. The CameronHighlands White-bellied Rat is nocturnal and usually found on the ground.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264900.