Ceylon spiny mouse

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Ceylon spiny mouse
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Mus
Species:	M. fernandoni
Binomial name
*Mus fernandoni* (Phillips, 1932)

The Ceylon spiny mouse (Mus fernandoni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Sri Lanka,^[1] where it is known as ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක‍ටු හීන් මීයා in Sinhala language.

Description

Head and body length 9–11 cm. Tail 6–7 cm. Reddish gray above, with gray flat spines (each with 11mm in length) and the reddish hue from the intermixed fine fur. The underparts are pure white with many long black hairs overlying. Whitish to grayish underparts, sometimes with a reddish-brown tinge. The ears are dark and relatively large. Snout pointed. Tail scaly, dark purple in color, and longer than body length. The incisors are orange.

Range

The Ceylon spiny mouse is an endangered species known only from the following locations.^[1]

Central Province, Sri Lanka (Kumbalaghamuwa)
North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka (Kumana)
Southern Province, Sri Lanka (Buttawa in Hambantota and Yala National Park)
Uva Province (Galge in Monaragala)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c de A. Goonatilake, W.L.D.P.T.S. (2019). "Mus fernandoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13961A22404354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T13961A22404354.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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.

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae

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)
M. lepidoides group: M. lepidoides
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
Mus fernandoni	Wikidata: Q1760974 Wikispecies: Mus fernandoni EoL: 1179232 GBIF: 2438804 iNaturalist: 44694 IRMNG: 10225674 ITIS: 585384 IUCN: 13961 MDD: 1003359 MSW: 13001551 NCBI: 2162866 Observation.org: 85173 Open Tree of Life: 3608886

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