Table 1 The current taxonomy of the Niviventer genus distributed in China. All subspecies and synonyms are included. Taxa and topotypes included in the present study are shown. Sample locality numbers refer to those in Fig. 1 and Additional file 1: Table S1

Species

N. andersoni (Thomas, 1911)

Mt. Emei, Sichuan, China

Y

Y (46)

Subspecies

  N. andersoni pianmaensis Li & Yang, 2009

Pianma, Yunnan, China

Y

Y (27)

Subspecies

  N. andersoni ailaoshansis Li & Yang, 2009

Mt. Ailao, Yunnan, China

Y

Y (13, 18, 21)

Synonym

  N. andersoni lushuiensis Wu & Wang, 2002

No specified

N

N

Species

N. brahma (Thomas, 1914)

Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh

Y

N

Species

N. confucianus (Milne-Edwards, 1871)

Baoxing, Sichuan, China

Y

Y (52)

Synonym

   Rattus confucianus littoreus Cabrera, 1922

Fuzhou, Fujian, China

N

N

Synonym

   Epimys zappeyi Allen, 1912

Mt. Wa, Sichuan, China

N

N

Synonym

   Rattus confucianus yaoshanensis Shih, 1930

Luoxiang, Guangxi, China

N

N

Synonym

   Rattus confucianus sinianus Shih, 1931

Lechang, Guangdong, China

N

N

Synonym

   Rattus elegans Shih, 1931

Lechang, Guangdong, China

N

N

Subspecies

  N. confucianus sacer (Thomas, 1908)

Yantai, Shandong, China

Y

Y (62)

Synonym

   Mus confucianus luticolor Thomas,1908

Yan’an, Shaanxi, China

Y

Y (61)

Synonym

   Epimys confucianus canorus Thomas, 1922

Wenxian, Gansu, China

Y

Y (58)

subspecies

  N. confucianus chihliensis (Thomas, 1917)

Eastern Tombs, Hebei, China

Y

Y (65)

subspecies

  N. confucianus mentosus (Thomas, 1916)

Hkampti, Myanmar

Y

N

subspecies

  N. confucianus yushuensis (Wang & Zheng, 1981)

Yushu, Qinghai, China

Y

Y (57)

subspecies

  N. confucianus naoniuensis (Zhang & Zhao, 1984)

Mt. Naoniu, Baicheng, Jilin, China

Y

Y (67)

subspecies

  N. confucianus yajiangensis, Deng & Wang, 2000

Bajiaolou, Yajiang, Sichuan, China

Y

Y (50)

subspecies

  N. confucianus deqinensis, Deng & Wang, 2000

Adong, Deqin, Yunnan, China

Y

Y (40)

Species

N. coninga (Swinhoe, 1864)

Taiwan, China

Y

Y (11, 19)

Species

N. culturatus (Thomas, 1917)

Taiwan, China

Y

Y (15, 19)

Species

N. eha (Wroughton, 1916)

Lachen, Sikkim, India

N

N

Subspecies

  N. eha ninus (Thomas, 1922)

Salween-Mekong divide, Yunnan, China

Y

N

Species

N. excelsior (Thomas, 1911)

Kangding, Sichuan, China

Y

Y (49)

Synonym

   N. excelsior tengchongensis, Deng & Wang, 2002

No specified

N

N

Species

N. fulvescens (Gray, 1847)

Katmandu, Nepal

Y

N

Synonym

   Rattus huang vulpicolor Allen, 1926

Nating River, Yunnan, China

N

N

Species

N. huang (Bonhote, 1905)

Guadun, Fujian, China

Y

Y (35)

Synonym

   Mus ling Bonhote, 1905

Chungfengling, Fujian, China

Y

Y (^a)

Synonym

   Rattus flavipilis Shih, 1930

Luoxiang, Guangxi, China

Y

Y (12)

Synonym

   Rattus flavipilis minor Shih, 1930

Luoxiang, Guangxi, China

Y

Y (12)

Synonym

   Rattus wongi Shih, 1931

Lechang, Guangdong, China

N

N

Species

N. lotipes (Allen, 1926)

Nada, Hainan, China

Y

N