Coxing's white-bellied rat

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.[1][2][3] It occurs in broad-leaf forests and their edges and in scrub.[1] 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).This Niviventer article is a stub.
Conservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaMuridaeNiviventerBinomial nameR. SwinhoeSynonymsrodentfirst describedRobert SwinhoeendemicIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesMusser, G. G.Wilson, D. E.MurinaeChordateEuarchontogliresAfrican wading rat (C. goslingi)Ethiopian amphibious rat (N. plumbeus)ZelotomysHildegarde's broad-headed mouse (Z. hildegardeae)Woosnam's broad-headed mouse (Z. woosnami)CrunomysCelebes shrew-rat (C. celebensis)Northern Luzon shrew-rat (C. fallax)Mindanao shrew-rat (C. melanius)Katanglad shrew-mouse (C. suncoides)SommeromysSommer's Sulawesi rat (S. macrorhinos)Mindoro climbing rat (A. mindorensis)Fea's tree rat (C. chiropus)Millard's rat (D. millardi)LeopoldamysSundaic mountain leopoldamys (L. ciliatus)Diwangkara's long-tailed giant rat (L. diwangkarai)Edwards's long-tailed giant rat (L. edwardsi)Millet's leopoldamys (L. milleti)Neill's long-tailed giant rat (L. neilli)Long-tailed giant rat (L. sabanus)Mentawai long-tailed giant rat (L. siporanus)Anderson's white-bellied rat (N. andersoni)Brahma white-bellied rat (N. brahma)Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (N. cameroni)Chinese white-bellied rat (N. confucianus)Dark-tailed tree rat (N. cremoriventer)Oldfield white-bellied rat (N. culturatus)Smoke-bellied rat (N. eha)Large white-bellied rat (N. excelsior)Montane Sumatran white-bellied rat (N. fraternus)Chestnut white-bellied rat (N. fulvescens)Limestone rat (N. hinpoon)Lang Bian white-bellied rat (N. langbianis)Narrow-tailed white-bellied rat (N. lepturus)White-bellied rat (N. niviventer)Long-tailed mountain rat (N. rapit)Tenasserim white-bellied rat (N. tenaster)SaxatilomysPaulina's limestone rat (S. paulinae)Ohiya rat (S. ohiensis)TonkinomysDaovantien's limestone rat (T. daovantieni)DasymysGlover Allen's dasymys (D. alleni)Crawford-Cabral's shaggy rat (D. cabrali)Fox's shaggy rat (D. foxi)African marsh rat (D. incomtus)Montane shaggy rat (D. montanus)Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes)Robert's shaggy rat (D. robertsii)West African shaggy rat (D. rufulus)Rwandan shaggy rat (D. rwandae)Tanzanian shaggy rat (D. sua)EchiothrixCentral Sulawesi echiothrix (E. centrosa)Northern Sulawesi echiothrix (E. leucura)Indian bush rat (G. ellioti)WikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistObservation.orgOpen Tree of Life