Anderson's white-bellied rat [SEP] parent taxon
Anderson's white-bellied rat
Anderson's white-bellied rat ("Niviventer andersoni") is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to China and known from Yunnan, Sichuan, and Shaanxi provinces. Its range might extend to northern Guizhou. It inhabits montane forest at elevations of above sea level.
Its species name ""andersoni"" was chosen to honor American scientific collector Malcolm Playfair Anderson.
eulogized him in the scientific journal "The Condor".
Personal life.
Anderson married Mary Elizabeth Gurnee, a distant cousin, on 15 June 1913.
They had one son, Malcolm Gurnee Anderson, who died in infancy.
Species named in his honor.
Several species were named in honor of Anderson, including:
- Japanese red-backed vole ("Myodes andersoni")—Thomas, 1905
- Anderson's shrew mole ("Uropsilus andersoni")—Thomas, 1911
- Anderson's white-bellied rat ("