Cutch rat

Species of rodent

Cutch rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Cremnomys
Species:
C. cutchicus
Binomial name
Cremnomys cutchicus
Wroughton, 1912
Synonyms[1]
  • Cremnomys australis Thomas, 1916
  • Cremnomys australis ssp. siva Thomas, 1916
  • Cremnomys cutchicus ssp. leechi Harrison, 1974
  • Cremnomys cutchicus ssp. medius (Thomas, 1916)
  • Cremnomys medius ssp. caenosa Thomas, 1916
  • Cremnomys medius Thomas, 1916
  • Cremnomys medius ssp. rajput Thomas, 1916
  • Cremnomys medius ssp. caenosus Thomas, 1916
  • Rattus cutchicus ssp. rajput (Thomas, 1916)
  • Rattus cutchicus ssp. siva (Thomas, 1916)
  • Rattus cutchicus (Wroughton, 1912)
  • Rattus cutchicus ssp. australis (Thomas, 1916)
  • Rattus cutchicus ssp. cutchicus (Wroughton, 1912)

The Cutch rat or Cutch rock-rat[1] (Cremnomys cutchicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.

It is found in India, where it is widely distributed in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, and Rajasthan.

References

  1. ^ a b c Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Cremnomys cutchicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5513A115072200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5513A22417358.en. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  • Baillie, J. & CBSG CAMP India Workshop 2000. Cremnomys cutchicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
  • 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.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)
Melasmothrix
division
Melasmothrix
  • Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats)
  • Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
  • Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)
Micromys
division
Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice)
  • Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
  • Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
  • Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
  • Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
  • Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
  • Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice)
  • Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
  • Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
  • Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats)
  • Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
  • Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
Micromys
  • Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
  • Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice)
  • Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
  • Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
  • Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
Vernaya
  • Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)
Millardia
division
Cremnomys
  • Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
  • Elvira rat (C. elvira)
Diomys
  • Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
Madromys
  • Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats)
  • Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
  • Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
  • Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
  • Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)
Mus division
Muriculus
  • Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)
Mus
(Typical mice)
  • Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
  • Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
  • Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
  • Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
  • Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
  • Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
  • Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
  • Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
  • Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
  • Servant mouse (M. famulus)
  • Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
  • Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
  • House mouse (M. musculus)
  • Mus nitidulus
  • Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
  • Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
  • Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
  • Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
  • Toad mouse (M. bufo)
  • Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
  • Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
  • Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
  • Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
  • Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
  • Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
  • African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
  • Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
  • Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
  • Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
  • Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
  • Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
  • Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
  • Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
  • Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
  • Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
  • Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
  • Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
  • Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
  • Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
  • Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Cremnomys cutchicus
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