Niviventer sacer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Niviventer
Species: Niviventer sacer

Name

Niviventer sacer (Thomas, 1908)

• Holotype: BMNH 8.2.8.8, adult ♂, collected by Mr. Anderson on 30 March 1907.
• Type locality: “Ai-san, 30 miles W. of Chefoo. 1200'”.

Combinations

• Mus confucianus sacer Thomas, 1908: 6 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Niviventer sacer — Li, Li, Li, Wang, Rong & Li, 2020: 152 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1908. The duke of Bedford’s zoological exploration in eastern Asia-VI. List of mammals from the Shantung Peninsula, N. China. Journal of Zoology 78(1): 5–10. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1908.tb07397.x BHL
• Li, Y.-Y., Li, Y.-Q., Li, H.-T., Wang, J., Rong, X.-X. & Li, Y.-C. 2020. Niviventer confucianus sacer (Rodentia, Muridae) is a distinct species based on molecular, karyotyping, and morphological evidence. ZooKeys 959: 137–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.959.53426 Reference page.