Coxing's white-bellied rat

Coxing's white-bellied rat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Niviventer
Species:
N. coninga
Binomial name
Niviventer coninga
(R. Swinhoe, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Niviventer coxinga (Swinhoe, 1871)
  • Niviventer coxingi (Thomas, 1892)

Coxing's white-bellied rat (Niviventer coninga), also known as the spiny Taiwan niviventer, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1864 and is endemic to Taiwan. It occurs in broad-leaf forests and their edges and in scrub. It is more common at elevations below 1,300 m (4,300 ft) but can be found up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft).