Niviventer excelsior (Thomas, 1911) . Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911(90):4.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, W Sichuan, Tatsienlu, 9000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: China (Sichuan).

COMMENTS: A Sichuan endemic related to and occurring sympatrically with N. andersoni (Musser, 1981 b; Musser and Chiu, 1979).