Mus mayori

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Mayor'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 : Coelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1915-02-02. Scientific results of the mammal survey. No. IX. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(3):413-416.

Original name as described

Coelomys mayori

Other common names

Highland Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.7

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pattipola, highlands of Central Province, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka], Alt. 6210' [= 1893 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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