Blanford's rat

Species of rodent

Blanford's rat
Temporal range: Recent
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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
Tribe: Millardini
Genus: Madromys
Sody, 1941
Species:
M. blanfordi
Binomial name
Madromys blanfordi
(Thomas, 1881)
Synonyms

Cremnomys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881)
Mus blanfordi Thomas, 1881
Rattus 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

  1. ^ Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Madromys blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5512A115072062.
  2. ^ 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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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
Madromys blanfordi


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