Chestnut white-bellied rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the chestnut white-bellied rat lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Niviventer fulvescens
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the chestnut white-bellied rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chestnut white-bellied rat in 3 countries and territories across Asia. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the chestnut white-bellied rat endangered?

The chestnut white-bellied rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the chestnut white-bellied rat?

The chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Niviventer. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the chestnut white-bellied rat

The chestnut white-bellied rat (Niviventer fulvescens) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is a small rodent with a distinct bright chestnut upper-coat and a white under-coat. The colour of the upper-coat is variable from very bright to a duller brown. The side of the body has a distinct margin where the upper and the under-coat meet. The upper-side of the tail is mostly brownish whereas the underside is whitish to flesh coloured. The species is mostly found in disturbed and undisturbed forest habitat. The species is known to scatter-hoard seeds in forests of eastern Himalayas.

It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chestnut white-bellied rat (revision 1314052695), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2222261 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).