Mus gairdneri
(Kloss, 1921)
Gairdner's Shrew-like 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 | : Coelomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Kloss, C.B. 1921-03. Two new Leggada mice from Siam. Journal of the Natural History Society of Siam 4(2):59-63.
Authority publication link
Original name as described
Leggada pahari gairdneri
Other common names
Gairdner's Shrewmouse
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1965.374 (= CBK 2621)
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Me Taw, 1500 ft., Western Siam, 40 miles N. W. of Raheng", Thailand.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Myanmar · Thailand
Taxonomy notes
split from M. pahari
Taxonomy notes citation
Zou, Q.-f., Gu, L., Zhang, T., Zhou, C.-x., Wang, X.-m., Zhang, T., Guo, K.-j., Liu, S.-y. and Chen, S.-d. 2026. Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of Mus pahari (Rodentia: Muridae). Mammalian Biology (in press). doi:10.1007/s42991-026-00567-6
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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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: 5 names and synonyms.
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