Sheath-tailed Mouse

Sheath-tailed Mouse
Sheath-tailed mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Species: M. fragilicauda
Binomial name
Mus fragilicauda
Auffray et al. 2003

The Mus fragilicauda, or the sheath-tailed mouse, is a mouse found in two locations in central Thailand. They were discovered and documented in 2002, as published in Zoologica Scripta. It is the only known Mus species to lose its tail integument when handled. They are sometimes found with the Fawn-colored Mouse.

References

Zoologica documentation