Mus booduga

(J. E. Gray, 1837)

Little Indian Field Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Murini
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Mus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1837-11-01. Descriptions of some new or little known Mammàlia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of Natural History (n.s.)1(11):577-587.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268177

Original name as described

Leggada Booduga

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:37a

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

South Mahratta, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Bangladesh · India · Nepal · Pakistan · Sri Lanka

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. lepidoides

Taxonomy notes citation

Shimada, T., Aplin, K.P. and Suzuki, H. 2010. Mus lepidoides (Muridae, Rodentia) of Central Burma is a distinct species of potentially great evolutionary and biogeographic significance. Zoological Science 27(5):449-459. doi:10.2108/zsj.27.449

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003350

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

Leggada Booduga

J. E. Gray, 1837

Family

Muridae

Root name

booduga

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:37a

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Inhabits India, Bombay

Type locality

India: Maharashtra.

Authority page

586

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27268177

Authority publication

Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
Thomas (1919:420, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2049995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35698)
Wroughton (1921:549, 552, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30359195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
Wroughton (1921:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11626)
Phillips (1928:272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67776)
Phillips (1929:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)

Mus albidiventris

E. Blyth, 1852

Family

Muridae

Root name

albidiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

in the neighbourhood of Calcutta

Type locality

India: West Bengal.

Authority page

351 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1852:351 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus fulvidiventris

E. Blyth, 1852

Family

Muridae

Root name

fulvidiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Trincomali

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1852:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
Blyth (1863:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus albidoventris:

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Muridae

Root name

albidoventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Rattus fulvidoventris:

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Muridae

Root name

fulvidoventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Mus buduga:

Trouessart, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

buduga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

491

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435035

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:491, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435035) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:383, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423264) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Mus booduga:

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Muridae

Root name

booduga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

371

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thomas (1918:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)
Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:609, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)
Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Kumar, Sharma & Khan (2022:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66220)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13953/115115984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus booduga booduga:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

booduga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

609

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722910

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:609, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722910) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Mus cervicolor fulvidiventris:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

fulvidiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

610

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722911

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott (1951:610, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8722911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31900)

Gätamiya weragami

Deraniyagala, 1965

Family

Muridae

Root name

weragami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Dasgiriya near Laggala in the North Central Province ... Locality 7°20' N. Lat. 80* 50' E. Long.

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

215

Authority publication

Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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