Vandeleuria nolthenii

W. W. A. Phillips, 1929

Sri Lankan Long-tailed Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Vandeleurini
Genus : Vandeleuria

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Phillips, W.W.A. 1929-05-20. Two new rodents from the highlands of Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences)15(2):165-168.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015035493405?urlappend=%3Bseq=257%3Bownerid=13510798883939826-299

Original name as described

Vandeleuria nilagirica nolthenii

Other common names

Nolthenius's Long-tailed Climbing Mouse · Sri Lankan Highland Tree Mouse · Sri Lankan Vandeleuria

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

West Haputale, 1830 m, Ohiya, Uva, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003700

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.

Vandeleuria nilagirica nolthenii

W. W. A. Phillips, 1929

Family

Muridae

Root name

nolthenii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

165

Authority publication

Ceylon Journal of Science

Name usages

Phillips (1929:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68578)

Vandeleuria nolthenii

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

nolthenii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

168

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000489) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22844/22430744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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