Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips 1929

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 : 1517

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11335729

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scientific name

Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips 1929
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Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips 1929 View in CoL

Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips 1929 View in CoL , Ceylon J. Sci., Sec. B, 15: 165.

Type Locality: Sri Lanka, Uva, Ohiya, West Haputale, 6000 ft (1830 m).

Vernacular Names: Sri Lankan Vandeleuria.

Distribution: Forested highlands (above 1158 m) of Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Described as a subspecies of V. nilagirica , kept that way by Ellerman (1941), but usually considered a subspecies of V. oleracea ( Agrawal and Chakraborty, 1980; Ellerman, 1961; Phillips, 1980). Howver, nolthenii is distinct in its montane distribution, pelage (longer, dark reddish brown upperparts, gray venter), and external and cranial traits (longer tail, larger skull with more inflated braincase, larger bullae, and longer and heavier rostrum) from V. oleracea occurring at lower elevations, and should be treated as a separate species (Musser, 1979), an arrangement endorsed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Phillips’ (1929) original description and subsequent review ( Phillips, 1980) encapsule all that is known about the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Vandeleuria

Loc

Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips 1929

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

Vandeleuria nolthenii

Phillips 1929: 165
1929
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