Vandeleuria oleraceus

(E. T. Bennett, 1832)

Indomalayan 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

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

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861719

Original name as described

Mus oleraceus

Other common names

Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse · Indomalayan Vandeleuria

Type locality

Deccan region, Madras, India.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic · Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Sri Lanka · China · Myanmar · Thailand · Laos · Vietnam · Cambodia

Taxonomy notes

spelling changed to match generic gender, which is masculine, although it is often treated as feminine

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson D.E., Lacher T.E., Mittermeier R.A. 2017. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 7. Rodents II. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003701

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 sibylla

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

sibylla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.4.6.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85ab28e6-01ff-4561-a3ca-6161f3d8b26a

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453571

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Vandeleuria wroughtoni

Ryley, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

wroughtoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.4.2.31

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/93cb1019-beaf-45f0-9781-5c9b96db89dd

Authority page

658

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30155681

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Vandeleuria oleracea modesta

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/43b480d9-98c4-4e4e-b6cb-725fcf2fb815

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453570

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Vandeleuria rubida

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.12.1.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ca25dea6-6734-4ff6-a5b8-660925969990

Authority page

202

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30453571

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Vandeleuria oleracea marica

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

marica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1915.4.3.108

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/acb70711-5784-470b-b349-493cfb76def6

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30151577

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Vandeleuria oleracea spadicea

Ryley, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

spadiceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.8.23.4

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

658

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30155681

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

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

Mus povensis

(Hodgson, 1845)

Family

Muridae

Root name

povensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:2003.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/04faa5b2-c3a8-4a2f-848a-11e4c75fbcec https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bcb33220-d650-44cb-b247-1897d886c8d0

Authority page

269

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248596

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Vandeleuria dumeticola scandens

Osgood, 1932

Family

Muridae

Root name

scandens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:32452

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e451f2f3-4fe6-43a5-970e-e492162244cc

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2747143

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

Vandeleuria oleracea

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

oleracea

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, 559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22845/22430846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

domecolus

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

domecolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1518

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Vandeleuria oleracea dumeticola

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

dumeticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

273

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Vandeleuria oleracea scandens

A. T. Smith & Xie Yan, 2008

Family

Muridae

Root name

scandens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

273

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Smith & Xie (2008:273) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)

Vandeleuria oleraceus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

oleraceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

779

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Mus oleraceus

(E. T. Bennett, 1832)

Family

Muridae

Root name

oleraceus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

121

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12861719

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Blyth (1863:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)

Mus dumecolus

(Hodgson, 1841)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dumecolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

915

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Mus (Vandeleuria) dumeticola

(Hodgson, 1845)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dumeticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248595

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mus badius

(E. Blyth, 1859)

Family

Muridae

Root name

badius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

295

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40263547

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:120, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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