Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Niviventer eha

Description

Niviventer eha (Wroughton, 1916). J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 24:428.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Sikkim, Lachen, 8800 ft.

DISTRIBUTION: Recorded from Nepal, India (Darjeeling, Sikkim, and N Assam), N Burma, and China (N Yunnan).

SYNONYMS: ninus.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by Musser (1970b). Shared morphological traits and proportions support the hypothesis of close phylogenetic relationship between N. eha and N. brahma.

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 634, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wroughton
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Niviventer
Species
eha
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Niviventer eha (Wroughton, 1916) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Musser, G. G. 1970 b. Species-limits of Rattus brahma, a murid rodent of Northeastern India and Northern Burma. American Museum Novitates, 2406: 27.