Wildlifeof Nepal
Chestnut White-bellied Rat
Rats, Mice, Voles & Porcupines
Photo: (c) Ian Dugdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Niviventer fulvescens
Basic stats
Diet
Seeds, which it scatter-hoards in eastern Himalayan forest
Habitat
Disturbed and undisturbed forest
Range
Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam
The chestnut white-bellied rat is a small rodent with a bright chestnut upper coat, varying from very bright to duller brown, and a white under-coat, with a distinct margin where the two meet along the side. The upper side of the tail is mostly brownish and the underside whitish to flesh-coloured (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found mostly in disturbed and undisturbed forest, and is known to scatter-hoard seeds in forests of the eastern Himalayas. Its range includes Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam. The short source opened here gives no size or breeding figures, so none are stated. Nationally Data Deficient (Nepal National Red List 2011).
Quick answers
- What does the Chestnut White-bellied Rat eat?
- Seeds, which it scatter-hoards in eastern Himalayan forest
- What habitat does the Chestnut White-bellied Rat live in?
- Disturbed and undisturbed forest
- Where is the Chestnut White-bellied Rat found?
- Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam