Blanford's rat
Species of rodent
Blanford's rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Millardini |
Genus: | Madromys Sody, 1941 |
Species: | M. blanfordi |
Binomial name | |
Madromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881) | |
Synonyms | |
Cremnomys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881) |
Blanford's rat (Madromys blanfordi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Madromys. It is found throughout India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh (in Satkhira District).
Description
Head and body 14–15 cm; tail is 19 cm. Dorsum grayish brown, darker on back and lighter on the sides. White underparts. Feet are white in adults, brownish white in young. two thirds of the tail is brown from the base then covered with long dense white furs.[2]
References
- ^ Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Madromys blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5512A115072062.
- ^ Yapa, A.; Ratnavira, G. (2013). Mammals of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka. p. 1012. ISBN 978-955-8576-32-8.
External links
- Media related to Madromys blanfordi at Wikimedia Commons
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)
division
Melasmothrix |
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Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats) |
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division
Chiropodomys (Pencil-tailed tree mice) |
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Haeromys (Pygmy tree mice) |
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Hapalomys (Marmoset rats) |
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Micromys |
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Vandeleuria (Long-tailed climbing mice) |
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Vernaya |
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division
Cremnomys |
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Diomys |
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Madromys |
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Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats) |
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Muriculus |
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Mus (Typical mice) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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