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Niviventer fulvescens
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Habitat
Disturbed and undisturbed forest
Range
Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, China and Southeast Asia
The chestnut white-bellied rat is a small rodent with a distinct bright chestnut upper coat, variable from very bright to duller brown, and a white underside, with a sharp margin between the two. The tail is mostly brownish above and whitish to flesh-coloured below (Wikipedia, general species account).
It is found mostly in disturbed and undisturbed forest, in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and much of Southeast Asia and China, including Vietnam. It is known to scatter-hoard seeds in the forests of the eastern Himalaya. The cached account gives no measurements, diet or breeding information.