Coxing's white-bellied rat

Coxing's white-bellied rat
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Niviventer
Species:	N. coninga
Binomial name
	Niviventer coninga; (R. Swinhoe, 1864)
Synonyms
	Niviventer coxinga (Swinhoe, 1871); Niviventer coxingi (Thomas, 1892);

Coxing's white-bellied rat (Niviventer coninga) is a rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864. It is found only in Taiwan.

References

Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). "Niviventer coninga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1420. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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