Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse

Nigiri long-tailed tree mouse
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Vandeleuria
Species:	V. nilagirica
Binomial name
Vandeleuria nilagirica Jerdon, 1867 [1]

Nigiri vandeleuria (Vandeleuria nilagirica), also known as the Nigiri long-tailed tree mouse ^{[2] [3]} and the Indian long-tailed tree mouse, ^[4] is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. ^[1] There has been some dispute as to whether this specimen is actually a subspecies of the Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse but current opinion seems to suggest that it is indeed a separate species. ^[5] It is found in India. ^{[1] [3] [6] [7] [8]}

References

1. Molur, S. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Vandeleuria nilagirica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136372A115206829. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136372A22430640.en . Retrieved 7 June 2025.
2. Animals and Plants Unique to India. Lntreasures.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
3. Sanjay Molur & Mewa Singh (2009). "Non-volant small mammals of the Western Ghats of Coorg District, southern India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 1 (12): 589–608. doi: 10.11609/jott.o2330.589-608 . PDF Archived 2012-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
4. Mammals of India – OSAI Environmental Organisation, Tamil Nadu, India Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine . Greenosai.org. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
5. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
6. Small Mammal Mail. Volume 1 Number 2 (Aug–Dec 2009) zoosprint.org
7. "South Western Ghats montane rain forests". Terrestrial Ecoregions. World Wildlife Fund.
8. Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. pp. 1517–. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0.

External links

• An image of Nilgiri Vandeleuria