Blanford's rat
Blanford's rat Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Tribe: | Millardini |
Genus: | Madromys Sody, 1941 |
Species: | M. blanfordi |
Binomial name | |
Madromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881) | |
Synonyms | |
Cremnomys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881) |
Blanford's rat (Madromys blanfordi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Madromys. Known as වලිග සුදු වන මීයා (meaning white-tailed wood rat) in Sinhala language. It is found throughout India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh (in Satkhira District).
Description
Head and body 14–15 cm; tail is 19 cm. Dorsum grayish brown, darker on back and lighter on the sides. White underparts. Feet are white in adults, brownish white in young. two thirds of the tail is brown from the base then covered with long dense white furs.[2]
References
- ^ Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Madromys blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5512A115072062.
- ^ Yapa, A.; Ratnavira, G. (2013). Mammals of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka. p. 1012. ISBN 978-955-8576-32-8.
External links
Media related to Madromys blanfordi at Wikimedia Commons
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Micromys |
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Madromys |
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Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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