Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse

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Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Vandeleuria
Species:
V. nilagirica
Binomial name
Vandeleuria nilagirica
Jerdon, 1867 [1]
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Nilgiri vandeleuria (Vandeleuria nilagirica), also known as the Nilgiri 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]

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References

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