Vandeleuria is a small genus of rodent from Asia with only three species.[1] It is the only member of the tribe Vandeleurini. Species in this genus are known as the long-tailed climbing mice.[2][3]
Vandeleuria Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent
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Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Vandeleurini Pagès et al., 2015 |
Genus: | Vandeleuria Gray, 1842 |
Type species | |
Mus oleraceus | |
Species | |
Vandeleuria nilagirica |
Species
edit- Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse, Vandeleuria nilagirica Jerdon, 1867
- Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse, Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips, 1929
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse, Vandeleuria oleracea Bennett, 1832
References
edit- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Pagès, Marie; Fabre, Pierre-Henri; Chaval, Yannick; Mortelliti, Alessio; Nicolas, Violaine; Wells, Konstans; Michaux, Johan R.; Lazzari, Vincent (2016). "Molecular phylogeny of South-East Asian arboreal murine rodents" (PDF). Zoologica Scripta. 45 (4): 349–364. doi:10.1111/zsc.12161. ISSN 1463-6409. S2CID 86285898.
- ^ Database, Mammal Diversity (2021-11-06), Mammal Diversity Database, retrieved 2021-12-07