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Niviventer

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Niviventer was named by Marschall (1976). It is extant.

It was assigned to Murinae by Ruedas and Kirsch (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Niviventer Marschall
1997Niviventer Ruedas and Kirsch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyMurinae
genusNiviventerMarschall 1976

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Niviventer Marschall 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China (Anhui) N. preconfuciannus, N. fulvescens (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) N. preconfucianus, N. fulvescens (214689)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guizhou) N. coufaciandus, N. andersoni (51100)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Taiwan N. sp. (223322)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangxi) N. sp. (235737)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) N. andersoni, N. fulvescens, N. confucianus (92787)