Species of rodent
| Little Indian field mouse |
Conservation status |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Mus |
| Species: | M. booduga |
| Binomial name |
Mus booduga
(Gray, 1837) |
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The little Indian field mouse (Mus booduga) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
Description
Head and body length is 7 cm. Tail is 6 cm. Upper parts of the body are a glossy light brown fading to grayish white or white on the ventral surface. There is often a light brown band or splotch across the chest. Large rounded ears are set on the head. Muzzle is rather pointed. Tail is dark above and paler below. Upper incisors curve backwards.
In culture
This animal is known as වෙල් හීන් මීයා by Sinhalese people.
References
- ^ Aplin, K.; Molur, S.; Nameer, P.O. (2008). "Mus booduga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13953A4370310. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13953A4370310.en.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1390. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (
Melasmothrix–
Mus)
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Melasmothrix
division | | Melasmothrix | - Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
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Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats) | - Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
- Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)
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Micromys
division | Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice) | - Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
- Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
- Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
- Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
- Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
- Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
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Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice) | - Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
- Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
- Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
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Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats) | - Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
- Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
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| Micromys | - Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
- Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
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Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice) | - Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
- Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
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| Vernaya | - Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)
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Millardia
division | | Cremnomys | - Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
- Elvira rat (C. elvira)
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| Diomys | - Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
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| Madromys | - Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
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Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats) | - Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
- Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
- Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
- Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)
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| Mus division | | Muriculus | - Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)
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Mus
(Typical mice) | - Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
| - Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
- Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
- Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
| | - Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
- Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
- Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
- Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
- Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
- Servant mouse (M. famulus)
- Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
- Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
- House mouse (M. musculus)
- Mus nitidulus
- Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
- Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
- Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
| - Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
- Toad mouse (M. bufo)
- Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
- Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
- Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
- Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
- Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
- Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
- African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
- Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
- Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
- Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
- Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
- Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
- Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
- Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
- Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
| - Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
- Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
- Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
- Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
- Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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