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Tenasserim white-bellied rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Niviventer
Species:	N. tenaster
Binomial name
Niviventer tenaster (Thomas, 1916)

The Tenasserim white-bellied rat (Niviventer tenaster) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is named after the Tenasserim Hills and is found above 1,000 m in forested limestone mountainous areas. Its distribution includes India, Myanmar (Arakan Mountains, Dawna Range and the Bilauktaung range of the Tenasserim Hills), Thailand (Thanon Thong Chai Range), Cambodia (southern end of the Cardamom Mountains, Laos and Vietnam (Annamite Range), and China (southern Yunnan and Hainan).

References

1. Aplin, K. (2016). "Niviventer tenaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14826A22414804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14826A22414804.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. CeroPath - Niviventer tenaster Thomas, 1916

• 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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