Niviventer niviventer (Hodgson, 1836)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 504-560 : 537

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scientific name	Niviventer niviventer (Hodgson, 1836)
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Niviventer niviventer (Hodgson, 1836) View in CoL . J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 5:234.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nepal, Katmandu .

DISTRIBUTION: N. E. Pakistan; Nepal; N. India to Sikkim.

COMMENT: Formerly included in Maxomys ; see Musser et al., 1979, J. Mammal., 60:592-606. Musser, 1975, Am. Mus . Novit., 2525:55, discussed the scope of this species. The limits and relationships of niviventer and its allies, in particular fulvescens and confucianus , need clarification; see Marshall, 1977, in Lekagul and McNeely, pp. 402-403, and Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 168(3):237-256. Includes lepcha, monticola, and niveiventer; see Musser, 1981:237.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058081001 as Rattus niviventer .