Mus (Coelomys) mayori Thomas 1915

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1396

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Mus (Coelomys) mayori Thomas 1915
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Mus (Coelomys) mayori Thomas 1915 View in CoL

Mus (Coelomys) mayori Thomas 1915 View in CoL , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 23: 415.

Type Locality: Sri Lanka, Central Mtns, Pattipola, 6200 ft (1890 m).

Vernacular Names: Mayor's Mouse.

Synonyms: Mus (Coelomys) pococki Ellerman 1947 .

Distribution: Endemic to rainforests of Sri Lanka.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).

Discussion: Subgenus Coelomys . Recognized by Ellerman (1941:234) as the only species in genus Coelomys , but morphological and molecular traits support inclusion of M. mayori in a clade also containing M. crociduroides , M. pahari , and M. vulcani , and point to Coelomys as a highly distinct subgenus of Mus ( Chevret et al., 2003; J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 b). Phillips (1980) recognized highland mayori and lowland pococki as subspecies, and summarized distributional and biological information for both. J. T. Marshall, Jr. (1977 b) and Corbet and Hill (1992) discussed variation in pelage coloration and texture within each form, and neither regarded those traits to reflect significant intraspecific entities.

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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

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Mus

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Mus (Coelomys) mayori Thomas 1915

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Mus (Coelomys) mayori

Thomas 1915: 415
1915
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