Mus booduga

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Little Indian Field Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Murini
Genus : Mus
Subgenus : Mus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268177

Original name as described

Leggada Booduga

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:37a

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

South Mahratta, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Sri Lanka · Bangladesh

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. lepidoides

Taxonomy notes citation

Shimada, T., Aplin, K. P., & Suzuki, H. (2010). Mus lepidoides (Muridae, Rodentia) of central Burma is a distinct species of potentially great evolutionary and biogeographic significance. Zoological Science, 27(5), 449-459.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003350

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Leggada Booduga

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Family

Muridae

Root name

booduga

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:37a

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

586

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268177

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  2. Phillips (1928:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67776)
  3. Phillips (1929:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)

Mus albidiventris

E. Blyth, 1852

Family

Muridae

Root name

albidiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

351 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1852:351 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus fulvidiventris

E. Blyth, 1852

Family

Muridae

Root name

fulvidiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1852:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
  2. Blyth (1863:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  3. Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus albidoventris

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

albidoventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Rattus fulvidoventris

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fulvidoventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Mus booduga

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Muridae

Root name

booduga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1918:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13953/115115984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gätamiya weragami

(Deraniyagala, 1965)

Family

Muridae

Root name

weragami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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