Niviventer lepturus (Jentink 1879)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1424

Niviventer lepturus (Jentink 1879)

[Niviventer] lepturus (Jentink 1879) , Notes Leyden Mus ., 2: 17.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Java, Gunung Gede.

Vernacular Names: Montane Javan Niviventer.

Synonyms: Niviventer fredericae ( Sody 1931) ; Niviventer maculipectus (Sody 1934) .

Distribution: Endemic to montane forest in W and C Java (based upon specimens in AMNH, BMNH, MVZ, RMBR, and RMNH).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed and compared with other species of Niviventer by Musser (1981 b). Originally described as a species, subsequently kept that way in a " lepturus Group" by Ellerman (1941:197), then arranged as a subspecies of rapit ( Chasen, 1940; Sody, 1941), and finally recognized again as a separate species and distinctive member of the endemic Javan murine fauna ( Corbet and Hill, 1992; Musser, 1986; Musser and Newcomb, 1983; see account of Kadarsanomys sodyi ). Multivariate analyses of morphometric traits cluster N. lepturus with the Taiwanese N. culturatus, Chinese N. andersoni and N. excelsior , and Burmese N. brahma , and not with any of the other species of Niviventer occurring on the Sunda Shelf (Musser and Lunde, ms).