Species of rodent
Rock-loving mouse |
Conservation status |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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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]
The following description is by Sir Walter Elliot:
The brown spiny mouse lives entirely in the red gravelly soil in a burrow of moderate depth, generally on the side of a bank. When the animal is inside the entrance is closed with small pebbles, a quantity of which is collected outside, by which its retreat may always be known. The burrow leads to a chamber in which is collected a bed of small pebbles on which it sits, the thick close hair of the belly protecting it from the cold and asperity of such a seat. Its food appears to be vegetable. In its habits it is monogamous and nocturnal.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Molur, S.; Nameer, P.O. (2008). "Mus saxicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13979A4377160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13979A4377160.en.
- ^ Elliot, Walter (1884). Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon. London: Thacker & Co. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Species Mus saxicola". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1406. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (
Melasmothrix–
Mus)
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Melasmothrix division | Melasmothrix | - Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
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Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats) | - Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
- Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)
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Micromys division | Chiropodomys (Pencil-tailed tree mice) | - Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
- Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
- Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
- Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
- Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
- Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
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Haeromys (Pygmy tree mice) | - Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
- Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
- Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
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Hapalomys (Marmoset rats) | - Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
- Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
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Micromys | - Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
- Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
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Vandeleuria (Long-tailed climbing mice) | - Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
- Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
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Vernaya | - Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)
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Millardia division | Cremnomys | - Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
- Elvira rat (C. elvira)
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Diomys | - Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
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Madromys | - Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
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Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats) | - Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
- Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
- Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
- Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)
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Mus division | Muriculus | - Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)
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Mus (Typical mice) | - Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
| - Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
- Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
- Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
| | - Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
- Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
- Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
- Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
- Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
- Servant mouse (M. famulus)
- Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
- Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
- House mouse (M. musculus)
- Mus nitidulus
- Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
- Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
- Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
| - Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
- Toad mouse (M. bufo)
- Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
- Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
- Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
- Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
- Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
- Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
- African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
- Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
- Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
- Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
- Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
- Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
- Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
- Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
- Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
| - Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
- Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
- Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
- Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
- Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)
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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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