Mus cervicolor

B. H. Hodgson, 1845

Fawn-colored 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

Hodgson, B.H. 1845-04-01. On the rats, mice, and shrews of the central region of Nepal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)15(98):266-270.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248595

Original name as described

Mus cervicolor

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.383

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ccb8b696-b64b-4422-a618-0d3fe7c09076

Type locality

Nepal.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Cambodia · China · India · Laos · Myanmar · Nepal · Pakistan · Thailand · Vietnam

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. nitidulus

Taxonomy notes citation

Shimada, T., Aplin, K.P., Jenkins, P.D. and Suzuki, H. 2007. Rediscovery of Mus nitidulus Blyth (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic murine rodent of the central basin of Myanmar. Zootaxa 1498(1):45-68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1498.1.4

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003354

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: 11 names and synonyms.

Musculus Cervicolor

B. H. Hodgson, 1841

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984

Authority publication

Calcutta Journal of Natural History

Name usages

Hodgson (1841:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37126984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35561)
Hodgson (1844:292, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46405527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65716)

Mus cervicolor

B. H. Hodgson, 1845

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervicolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.1.8.383

Type kind

lectotype

Original type locality

Central Region of Nepal

Type locality

Nepal.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ccb8b696-b64b-4422-a618-0d3fe7c09076

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248595

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
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)
Fitzinger (1867:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Jerdon (1867:206, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300015) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Trouessart (1897:486, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435030) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:379, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
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 (1982:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Smith & Xie (2008:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13957) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13957/22403025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus strophiatus

B. H. Hodgson, 1845

Family

Muridae

Root name

strophiatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

[Nepal]

Type locality

Nepal.

Authority page

268

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2248595

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus cunicularis

E. Blyth, 1856

Family

Muridae

Root name

cunicularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 6326, ZSI 6327, ZSI 6328

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Cherra Punji in the Khásya hills

Type locality

India: Meghalaya.

Authority page

721

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40269021

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

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)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus buduga cervicolor:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423264

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Leggada nitidula popæa

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Muridae

Root name

popaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.7.19.200

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mt. Popa, Dry Zone of Burma

Type locality

Myanmar.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0361c522-ab5b-497f-ae97-c0ba995915fb

Authority page

420

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2049995

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

Name usages

Thomas (1919:420, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2049995) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35698)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Tautatus thai annamensis

H. C. Robinson & Kloss, 1922

Family

Muridae

Root name

annamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.11.17.16 (= CBK 3391)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Dalat, Langbian Plateau, South Annam, 4500 ft.

Type locality

Vietnam.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ab53005a-6460-44ae-899a-2dae3b256e9b

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24300892

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Robinson & Kloss (1922:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24300892) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17305)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada nagarum imphalensis

Roonwal, 1948

Family

Muridae

Root name

imphalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 11120

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

India: Manipur.

Authority page

386

Authority publication

Proceedings of the National Institute of Science of India

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus cervicolor annamensis:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

annamensis

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)

Mus cervicolor cervicolor:

Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Family

Muridae

Root name

cervicolor

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)

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