Mus cookii

Ryley, 1914

Cook's 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

Ryley, K.V. 1914-03-31. Scientific results from the mammal survey. VI. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 22(4):658-664.

Original name as described

Mus cookii

Other common names

Ryley's Spiny Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.11.18.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Gokteik, Shan States, northern Burma (= Myanmar).

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Nepal · India · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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