Niviventer fulvescens (Gray, 1847) . Cat. Hodgson Coll. Br. Mus., p. 18.

TYPE LOCALITY: Nepal .

DISTRIBUTION: Himalayas, from N. India and Nepal to Bangladesh, Kansu, and Hainan (China), and Vietnam.

COMMENT: Formerly included in Maxomys; see Musser et al., 1979, J. Mammal., 60:592. Includes blythi, caudatior, cinnamomeus, flavipilis, gracilis, huang, jerdoni, lepidus, ling, mekongis, minor, octomammis, orbus, vulpicolor, and wongi; see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 168(3): 237, 251, 255, who stated that the relationships between fulvescens and niviventer, bukit, and rapit need clarification.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058044001 as Rattus fulvescens .

5301410011058051001 as Rattus huang .