Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse

Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse
Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Vandeleuria
Species: V. nilagirica
Binomial name
Vandeleuria nilagirica
Jerdon, 1867[1]

Nilgiri Vandeleuria (Vandeleuria nilagirica), also known as the Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse[2][3] and the Indian long-tailed tree mouse,[4] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1] There has been some dispute as to whether this specimen is actually a subspecies of the Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse but current opinion seems to suggest that it is indeed a separate species.[5] It is found in India.[1][6][7][8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b c Molur, S. & Nameer, P. O. (2008). "Vandeleuria nilagirica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136372. Retrieved 27 June 2011. 
  2. ^ http://lntreasures.com/india.html
  3. ^ http://www.threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2009/December/o233026xii09589-608.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.greenosai.org/environment/diversity/109-mammals-of-india.html?start=36
  5. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001867. 
  6. ^ http://www.zoosprint.org/ZoosPrintNewsLetter/Small_mammal_mail_1%282%29Aug-Dec09.pdf
  7. ^ http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/im/im0151_full.html
  8. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA1517&lpg=PA1517&dq=%22Vandeleuria+nilagirica%22&source=bl&ots=QbfT5TmZ2b&sig=8zzxyovVxPbBjHFa8h98k_OMoVI&hl=en&ei=KXW5S_7iFtigkQW9i-XICQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CB4Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Vandeleuria%20nilagirica%22&f=false
  9. ^ http://threatenedtaxa.org/ZooPrintJournal/2009/December/sanjay.htm

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