Gairdner's shrewmouse (''Mus pahari'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are roden ...
in the family
Muridae
The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 1,383 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
The name Muridae com ...
found in
China,
India
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,
Laos,
Myanmar
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,
Thailand
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, and
Vietnam
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.
[Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.]
References
Mus (rodent)
Rodents of India
Mammals described in 1916
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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