Sumatran shrewlike mouse

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Sumatran shrewlike mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Coelomys
Species:
M. crociduroides
Binomial name
Mus crociduroides
(Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

The Sumatran shrew-like mouse (Mus crociduroides) is a species of mouse. It is endemic to Indonesia. [1] [2]

This mouse is known only from the mountains of western Sumatra, where it lives in rainforest habitat. It occurs in Kerinci Seblat National Park. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Aplin, K., Helgen, K., & Lunde, D. Mus crociduroides. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. Downloaded on 07 January 2016.
  2. Wilson, D. E. & Reeder, D. M. Mus (Coelomys) crociduroides. Mammal Species of the World. Third Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press.