Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse
| Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Vandeleuria |
| Species: | V. oleracea |
| Binomial name | |
| Vandeleuria oleracea (Bennett, 1832)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vandeleuria badius (Blyth, 1859) | |
The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) is a species of rodent found in South and South-east Asia.[1] It is known as ගස් මීයා by Sinhalese people.
Description
Head and body length is 7-9cm. Tail is 10-12cm. Reddish brown upperparts grading on the sides to light yellowish brown. Underparts are light brownish white. Long tail is dark, and slender with no tuft at tip. Largish hind feet with nails instead of claws on the outer toes, which are opposable.
References
- 1 2 Molur, S., Nameer, P.O., Lunde, D. & Aplin, K. (2008). Vandeleuria oleracea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2.
- ↑ Vandeleuria oleracea. Mammal Species of the World. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
Further reading
- Prakash, K. L.; Aswathanarayana, N. V. (1976). "Chromosome complexity in the Indian long-tailed tree mouse". The Journal of heredity 67 (4): 249–250. PMID 972253.
- Raman, R.; Sharma, T. (1976). "Unique multiple sex chromosomes of the tree mouse Vandeleuria o. Oleracea: Identification of X1 and X2". Heredity 37 (3): 435–439. doi:10.1038/hdy.1976.109. PMID 1070486.
- Sreenivasan, M. A.; Bhat, H. R. (1976). "Susceptibility of Vandeleuria oleracea Bennet, 1832 (Rodentia, Muridae) to experimental infection with Kyasanur forest disease virus". The Indian journal of medical research 64 (4): 568–572. PMID 184037.
- Callahan, R.; Meade, C.; Todaro, G. J. (1979). "Isolation of an endogenous type C virus related to the infectious primate type C viruses from the Asian rodent Vandeleuria oleracea". Journal of Virology 30 (1): 124–131. PMC 353306. PMID 90155.
- Gropp, A.; Markwong, A.; Marshall, J.; Kim, Y. J. (1972). "Robertsonian Chromosomal Variation in the Longtailed Tree Mouse (Vandeleuria)". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 10: 210–214. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1972.tb00798.x.