Mus fragilicauda

Taxobox
name = Sheath-tailed mouse
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Muridae
genus = "Mus"
species = "M. fragilicauda"
binomial = "Mus fragilicauda"
binomial_authority = Auffray et al. 2003
synonyms = 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

[http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2003.00108.x?cookieSet=1 Zoologica documentation]