Coelomys
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| 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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Wikispecies has information related to Coelomys.
- ^ 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)