Mayor's Mouse

Mayor's Mouse
Mayor's Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Species: M. mayori
Binomial name
Mus mayori
(Thomas, 1915)

Mayor's Mouse (Mus mayori) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sri Lanka.[2]

References

  1. ^ de A. Goonatilake, W.I.L.D.P.T.S., Nameer, P.O. & Molur, S. (2008). "Mus mayori". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/13969/0. Retrieved 8 December 2009.  Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.
  2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1396. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001559.