Rock-loving mouse

Rock-loving mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Mus
Species: M. saxicola
Binomial name
Mus saxicola
Elliot, 1839
Synonyms[1]
  • Leggada cindrella Wroughton, 1912
  • Leggada platythrix subsp. sadhu Wroughton, 1911
  • Leggadilla gurkha Thomas, 1914
  • Mus platythrix subsp. gurkha (Thomas, 1914)
  • Mus platythrix ssp. ramnadensis (Bentham, 1908)
  • Mus platythrix subsp. sadhu (Wroughton, 1911)
  • Mus ramnadensis Bentham, 1908
  • Mus spinulosus Blyth, 1854

The rock-loving mouse (Mus saxicola), also known as the brown spiny mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Molur, S.; Nameer, P.O. (2008). "Mus saxicola". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T13979A4377160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13979A4377160.en. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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