Mus vulcani (Robinson & Kloss, 1919)

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 536-884 : 798

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DOI

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scientific name

Mus vulcani
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572. View Plate 50: Muridae

Javan Shrew-like Mouse

Mus vulcani View in CoL

French: Souris de Java / German: Java-Zwergmaus / Spanish: Raton musarana de Java

Other common names: \/ olcano Mouse

Taxonomy. Mycteromys crociduroides vulcani H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1919 ,

“Kandang Badak, Mt. Gedeh, Western Java [Indonesia], 7900 ft. [= 2408 m].”

Initially included in M. crociduroides of Sumatra, but later found to be distinct in morphology and split by J. T. Marshall in 1977. The same author placed it in subgenus Coelomys, an opinion that has since been followed by others, although there are as yet no genetic data available to test it. cr

Distribution. Endemic to WJava. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 80-92 mm, tail 84-92 mm, hindfoot 20-23 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Tail of the Javan Shrew-like Mouse is about the same length as head-body length. Soft dark brown dorsal pelage, gray buffy ventral pelage. Females bear three pairs of mammae.

Habitat. Montane forests of west Java.

Food and Feeding. Dueto its shrew-like morphology (long nose, small eye, velvet fur), the Javan Shrew-like Mouse is suggested to forage in the leaf litter, ferns, and rotten logs, feeding on invertebrates.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Javan Shrew-like Mice are terrestrial and probably nocturnal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The [UCN Red List.

Bibliography. Chasen (1940), Corbet & Hill (1992), Marshall (1977a), Musser & Newcomb (1983).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Mus

Loc

Mus vulcani

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Mycteromys crociduroides vulcani

H. C. Robinson & Kloss 1919
1919
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