Vandeleuria
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 | |
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Vandeleuria nilagirica | |
Species
- 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
- 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". 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
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