Mus terricolor

E. Blyth, 1851

Earth-colored 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

Blyth, E. 1851. Report on the Mammalia and more remarkable species of birds inhabiting Ceylon. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 20:153-185.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259758

Original name as described

Mus terricolor

Other common names

Indian Pygmy Field Mouse

Type material

ZSI 6347, ZSI 6348

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"S. India."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Pakistan · India · Nepal · Bangladesh

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003387

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Leggada dunni

(Wroughton, 1912)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.6.36

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28a5a7fd-e99c-4108-b24d-021c39a1c6c7

Authority page

339

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151038

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus terricolor

E. Blyth, 1851

Family

Muridae

Root name

terricolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 6347, ZSI 6348

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

172 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40259758

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13987/115119298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus dunni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Mus beavanii

W. C. H. Peters, 1867

Family

Muridae

Root name

beavanii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

559

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28628069

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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