Coelomys
Appearance
Coelomys | |
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Gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mus |
Subgenus: | Coelomys Thomas, 1915 |
Species | |
4, see text |
Coelomys is a subgenus of the rodent genus Mus, the mice. This subgenus is native to Southeast Asia.[1]
Species:[2]
- Mus crociduroides – Sumatran shrewlike mouse (Western Sumatra)
- Mus mayori – Mayor's mouse (Sri Lanka)
- Mus pahari – Gairdner's shrewmouse, Indochinese shrewlike mouse, Sikkim mouse (Northeastern India to southwestern Cambodia and northern Vietnam)
- Mus vulcani – volcano mouse, Javan shrewlike mouse (Western Java)
References
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- ^ Chevret, P., Veyrunes, F., & Britton-Davidian, J. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Murinae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 84(3), 417-427.
- ^ Mus (Coelomys) Thomas, 1915. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)