Maxomys ochraceiventer (Thomas 1894)

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 : 1370

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scientific name	Maxomys ochraceiventer (Thomas 1894)
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[Maxomys] ochraceiventer ( Thomas 1894) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 451.

Type Locality: Malaysia, Sabah (N Borneo), Gunung Kinabalu , below 1700 m ( Md Nor, 2001).

Vernacular Names: Ochraceous-bellied Bornean Maxomys.

Synonyms: Maxomys perasper (Shamel 1940) .

Distribution: Sabah and Sarawak (N Borneo), and East Kalimantan (E Borneo); apparently restricted to hills ( Medway, 1964).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Once treated as a lower altitudinal subspecies of the higher montane M. alticola on Borneo ( Chasen, 1940), but the two species are sympatric at 1067 m on slopes of Gunung Kinabalu ( Medway, 1977). Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Member of the cluster of murine species endemic to Borneo (Musser, 1986; also see account of Chiropodomys major ).