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
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861719Original 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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