Hi can anyone help with this niviventer – presuming I’ve got that bit of the id correct? It was photographed in mangroves not far west of Bangkok. Apologies for the poor photos.
Cheers
Steve
Niviventer – help wanted with identification
Related Articles
-
Snow leopard photographed in India’s Kugti Wildlife Sanctuary for the first time
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/india-snow-leopard.html Jon
-
Royle Safaris Chitwan National Park, Nepal Safari Trip Report
the first of two back to back Nepal safaris of Chitwan National Park in May 2018 resulted in a...
-
New Trip Report: Sabah
Dominque Brugiere was in Sabah earlier this month and – travelling independently – saw a Clouded Leopard (with a killer...
-
A Sulawesi Dwarf Squirrel Question
I will probably stand corrected again (as was the case with my ‘non’ servaline genet)… but I have a...
-
Snow Leopard and Big Cat Safari of India Trip Report – Royle Safaris
Snow Leopard and Big Cat Safari of India Trip Report by Royle Safaris A Snow Leopard trek to Ladakh...
-
Anybody interested in Taiwan in May/June?
I am considering spending 10-12 days in Late May/early June looking for the endemic birds and mammals of Taiwan....
-
Whale stranding attributed to sonar mapping for the first time & a new rat genus in Indonesia
An investigation of a mass stranding of melon-headed whales in Madagascar in 2008 blames ExxonMobil echosounder and A prominent...
-
Trip Report by Asian Adventures Birding Guide Deepak Kumar – Rajasthan Leopard Tour
Day 1 (13th February) After the guests arrived in Delhi in the morning, we left immediately for Jaipur, where...
Seem to be only two Niviventer species there: N. tenaster and N. fulvescens. The former generally fits although it’s supposed to have an orangish line on the flank; the latter is usually yellowish or reddish brown with bicolored tail. But why do you think it’s a Niviventer and not a Rattus?
Simply because it didn’t seem ‘quite right’ for a Rattus and because it looked quite good for a Niviventer in the Francis guide but I have no experience for Niviventers and I am more than happy to be corrected.
What size was it?
It’s hard to say but compared to brown rat – the only Rattus that I see regularly – probably about the size of a small one.
I’d say Rattus tanezumi or R. losea, depending on tail length (longer than head+body in the latter).
Many thanks for your help Vladimir.