Mus nitidulus
E. Blyth, 1859
Blyth'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
Authority citation
Blyth, E. 1859. Report of Curator, Zoological Department, for February to May Meetings, 1859. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 28:271-298.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40263546Original name as described
Mus nitidulus
Other common names
Little Myanmar Field Mouse
Type locality
valley of Sitang River, Tenasserim Province, Burma (= Myanmar).
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Myanmar
Taxonomy notes
split from M. cervicolor
Taxonomy notes citation
Shimada, T., Aplin, K. P., Jenkins, P., & Suzuki, H. (2007). Rediscovery of Mus nitidulus Blyth (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic murine rodent of the central basin of Myanmar. Zootaxa, 1498(1), 45-68.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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