Niviventer fulvescens

DISTRIBUTION: From S Himalayas (Nepal and N India) through Bangladesh, S China (incl. Hainan Isl), and Indochina (incl. Con Son Isl off Vietnam) to Peninsular Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Bali.

Sumber: Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

DISTRIBUTION: Himalayas, from N. India and Nepal to Bangladesh, Kansu, and Hainan (China), and Vietnam.

Sumber: Order Rodentia (Part 5)

Habitat. Evergreen broadleaved forests, shrubs, rocks, and near water from sea level to elevations of ¢. 2600 m. In south-eastern Asia, the Indochinese White-bellied Rat is found in tropical broadleaf forests and evergreen forests, grass and bushland, and near rivers and streams.

Sumber: Muridae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Sumber: Muridae

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List (including N. huang and N. bukit). The Indochinese White-bellied Rat has a wide distribution and presumably large overall population; it occurs in protected areas. Its only major threats are habitat degradation and forest clearing, but it tolerates some habitat modification. It is listed as a pest under in the Schedule V of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Sumber: Muridae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 131 - 172 mm, tail 160 - 221 mm, ear 20 - 23 mm, hindfoot 28 - 32 mm; weight 60 - 135 g. The Indochinese White-bellied Rat is small, graceful, and a little larger than the South China White-bellied Rat (N. huang). Pelage is soft. Dorsum is bright ruby reddish, with deep brown or chestnutstripe on dorsal part of foot, almost reaching white fingers, which is thicker and darker than on the South China White-bellied Rat. Venter is pure white, without any chest or chinmarking. Ears are dark brown; vibrissae are long. Tail is ¢. 148: 5 % of head-body length, flexible, smooth, and unicolored (with barely noticeable paler ventral stripe, rest of tail dark brown) or partially bicolored (black ventrally on proximal one-third oftail, except for brown tip). Feet are long and slender, with five digits, fifth reduced with small claw. Skull is oblong and narrow, being functionally indistinguishable from the South China White-bellied Rat. There are four pairs of mammae: one pectoral, one post-axillary, one abdominal, and one inguinal.

Sumber: Muridae