Stumble this page!White-bellied rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Niviventer niviventer
The White-bellied rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the whitebellied rat
A young / baby of a whitebellied rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A whitebellied rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Facts about the white-bellied rat
But the reticence of some finally gives way: we learn that the white-bellied rat is the most commonly killed mammal, followed by the barking deer and the Assamese macaque. (Full text)
ROOF RAT The roof rat, also known as the black rat, ship rat, gray-bellied rat, Alexandrine rat and white-bellied rat, is smaller and sleeker than the Norway rat. (Full text)