The Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat (Niviventer cameroni), also known as the Cameron Highlands niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has only been found in the mountain forests of the Cameron Highlands on the Malay Peninsula at an altitude of 1,500–2,000 metres (5,000–6,600 ft).[2]
| Cameron Highlands white-bellied rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Niviventer |
| Species: | N. cameroni
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| Binomial name | |
| Niviventer cameroni Chasen, 1940
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References
edit- ^ Clayton, E. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Niviventer cameroni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136512A115209285. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136512A22413152.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.