Mus platythrix

E. T. Bennett, 1832

Flat-haired 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 : Pyromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., vol. 1832, 121

Original name as described

Mus platythrix

Other common names

Brown Spiny Mouse

Type locality

Deccan, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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