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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Mus
--> SUBGENUS Mus
SPECIES Mus (Mus) fragilicauda
Author: | Auffray, Orth, Catalan, Gonzalez, Desmarais, and Bonhomme, 2003. | Citation: | Zoologica Scripta, 32: 121. | Common Name: | Sheath-Tailed Mouse | Type Locality: | SC Thailand, Nahkon Ratchasima (Khorat) Province, Wang Nam Yen Dist., Ban Nong Sanga (14E32,33'N, 101E57,44'E). | Distribution: | Recorded from the type locality and Tumbon, both places 50 km SSE of Khorat. Either this taxon or a close relative (DNA sequences are weakly divergent) is present in Sekong Province of Laos (K. Aplin, in litt., 2004). Additional field surveys and reexamination of museum specimens may reveal an even wider range. | |
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