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Coxing's 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. coninga
Binomial name
Niviventer coninga (R. Swinhoe, 1864)
Synonyms
Niviventer coxinga (Swinhoe, 1871) Niviventer coxingi (Thomas, 1892)

Coxing's white-bellied rat (Niviventer coninga), also known as the spiny Taiwan niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864 and is endemic to Taiwan. It occurs in broad-leaf forests and their edges and in scrub. It is more common at elevations below 1,300 m (4,300 ft) but can be found up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft).

References

1. ^ Johnston, C.; Smith, A.T. (2016). "Niviventer coninga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14815A22413527. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T14815A22413527.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. K. T. Shao, ed. (n.d.). "Niviventer coninga (Swinhoe, 1864)". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 19 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
3. ^ 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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