Niviventer brahma (Thomas, 1914) . J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 23:232.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, N Assam, Anzong Valley in Mishmi Hills, 6000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: N Assam (India) and N Burma.

COMMENTS: Morphological and geographic limits outlined by Musser (1970 b, 1973 a, 1981b), who also reported that the species is represented by few specimens, and is most closely related to N. eha .