Mus gairdneri

(Kloss, 1921)

Gairdner's Shrew-like 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: Coelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Kloss, C.B. 1921-03. Two new Leggada mice from Siam. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 4(2):59-63.

Original name as described

Leggada pahari gairdneri

Other common names

Gairdner's Shrewmouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1965.374 (= CBK 2621)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Me Taw, 1500 ft., Western Siam, 40 miles N. W. of Raheng", Thailand.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

China · Myanmar · Thailand

Taxonomy notes

split from M. pahari

Taxonomy notes citation

Zou, Q.-f., Gu, L., Zhang, T., Zhou, C.-x., Wang, X.-m., Zhang, T., Guo, K.-j., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2026. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Mus pahari (Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Biology (in press). doi:10.1007/s42991-026-00567-6

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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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.

Total: 5 names and synonyms.

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