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SPECIES Mus (Pyromys) shortridgei

Author:Thomas, 1914.
Citation:J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 23: 30.
Common Name:Shortridge’s Mouse
Type Locality:Burma, Mt Popa, 4961 ft (1512 m).
Distribution:Burma (Ellerman, 1961), Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977a), SW Cambodia (A. Smith, in litt.), C Laos (Smith et al., In Press), and NW Vietnam (Dao, 1978); see J. T. Marshall, Jr. (1977a:431).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Subgenus Pyromys. Dao (1966) described nghialoensis as a subspecies of M. platythrix, which at the time embraced the Indochinese shortridgei. Chromosomal composition of Thai samples, which demonstrate a complex polymorphism, reported by Gropp et al. (1973). Evolutionary history extends back to the late Pliocene of Thailand, based on isolated molars recovered from cave sediments (Chaimanee, 1998).
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    nghialoensis Dao, 1966

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