taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
823EDF2181B25A4CB2232221274038B5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1657686	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1280.163907.figure5	Figure 5. Live specimens of spiny mice from Sri Lanka showing the external similarity. A. The new species Mus dumbara (2026.01. 02 NH); B. Mus fernandoni (specimen not collected); C. Mus mayori (WHT 6883), a specimen with a tail having white ventral side; D. Mus mayori (WHT 6866), a specimen with a brown tail. Photographs by MM and SHB.	Figure 5. Live specimens of spiny mice from Sri Lanka showing the external similarity. A. The new species Mus dumbara (2026.01. 02 NH); B. Mus fernandoni (specimen not collected); C. Mus mayori (WHT 6883), a specimen with a tail having white ventral side; D. Mus mayori (WHT 6866), a specimen with a brown tail. Photographs by MM and SHB.	2026-05-26	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum		Zenodo	biologists	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum			
823EDF2181B25A4CB2232221274038B5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1657687	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1280.163907.figure6	Figure 6. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of skulls and lateral and medial views of mandibles of the three species compared in the study. Left column: Mus dumbara (2026.01. 01 NH); middle column: M. fernandoni (WHT 6923); right column: Mus mayori (WHT 6863). Scale bar: 4 mm. Photographs by MM and SHB.	Figure 6. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral view of skulls and lateral and medial views of mandibles of the three species compared in the study. Left column: Mus dumbara (2026.01. 01 NH); middle column: M. fernandoni (WHT 6923); right column: Mus mayori (WHT 6863). Scale bar: 4 mm. Photographs by MM and SHB.	2026-05-26	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum		Zenodo	biologists	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum			
823EDF2181B25A4CB2232221274038B5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1657688	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1280.163907.figure7	Figure 7. Maxillary (left) and mandibular (right) molar rows of Mus mayori, M. fernandoni, and holotype and paratype of M. dumbara to show the size variation and difference in t 3 of M 2. Voucher numbers of maxillary teeth: WHT 6863, WHT 6882; mandibular teeth: WHT 6835, WHT 6923 for M. mayori and M. fernandoni (photographs by SHB; Scale bar: 1 mm; terminology Musser et al. 2006).	Figure 7. Maxillary (left) and mandibular (right) molar rows of Mus mayori, M. fernandoni, and holotype and paratype of M. dumbara to show the size variation and difference in t 3 of M 2. Voucher numbers of maxillary teeth: WHT 6863, WHT 6882; mandibular teeth: WHT 6835, WHT 6923 for M. mayori and M. fernandoni (photographs by SHB; Scale bar: 1 mm; terminology Musser et al. 2006).	2026-05-26	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum		Zenodo	biologists	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum			
823EDF2181B25A4CB2232221274038B5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1657689	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1280.163907.figure8	Figure 8. Shapes of parieto-frontal area and supraorbital ridge of Mus phillipsi, M. platythrix, and M. dumbara, from left to right.	Figure 8. Shapes of parieto-frontal area and supraorbital ridge of Mus phillipsi, M. platythrix, and M. dumbara, from left to right.	2026-05-26	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum		Zenodo	biologists	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum			
823EDF2181B25A4CB2232221274038B5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1657690	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1280.163907.figure9	Figure 9. Part of the ventral view of cranium of: (on the Left) Mus saxicola showing the elongated anterior cusp (t 2) of first upper molar (M 1) with an anterior accessory cusp (A) and a narrow mesopterygoid fossa (B) in comparison to (on the Right) other Pyromys species with M 1 lacking the elongation of anterior cusp (t 2) and a broader mesopterygoid fossa (Marshall 1977).	Figure 9. Part of the ventral view of cranium of: (on the Left) Mus saxicola showing the elongated anterior cusp (t 2) of first upper molar (M 1) with an anterior accessory cusp (A) and a narrow mesopterygoid fossa (B) in comparison to (on the Right) other Pyromys species with M 1 lacking the elongation of anterior cusp (t 2) and a broader mesopterygoid fossa (Marshall 1977).	2026-05-26	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum		Zenodo	biologists	Boyagoda, Suyama H.;Meegaskumbura, Madhava;Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum			
