Vernay climbing mouse

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Vernay climbing mouse
Systematics
Family : Long-tailed mice (Muridae)
Subfamily : Old World Mice (Murinae)
Tribe : Rattini
Micromys group
Genre : Vernaya
Type : Vernay climbing mouse
Scientific name of the  genus
Vernaya
Anthony , 1941
Scientific name of the  species
Vernaya fulva
( GM Allen , 1927)

The Vernay climbing mouse ( Vernaya fulva ) is a rodent from the group of old world mice (Murinae).

General

Distribution area

Vernay climbing mice are characterized by their reddish-brown, long fur and long tail. They reach a head body length of around 9 centimeters, plus a tail that is around 11.5 centimeters long.

These rodents live in Southeast Asia . Their distribution area includes central southern China ( Sichuan , Yunnan , Shaanxi and Gansu ) and northern Myanmar . They live in wooded mountain regions at an altitude of 2100 to 2700 meters. They can climb well and mostly hang out in the trees, otherwise little is known about their way of life.

Due to the remoteness of its distribution areas, the Vernay climbing mouse is not exposed to any significant threat and according to the IUCN is not endangered.

Systematics

According to Wilson & Reeder (2005), the Vernay climbing mouse is part of the Micromys group within the old world mice. Lecompte et al. (2008) doubt this classification and list the species under incertae sedis , i.e. with an unclear status.

literature

  • Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
  • Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .
  • Emilie Lecompte, Ken Aplin, Christiane Denys, François Catzeflis, Marion Chades, Pascale Chevret: Phylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily. In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. Vol. 8, 199, 2008, pp. 1-21, doi : 10.1186 / 1471-2148-8-199 .

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