Ohiya Rat
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| Ohiya Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Srilankamys Musser, 1981 |
| Species: | S. ohiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Srilankamys ohiensis (Phillips, 1929) |
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The Ohiya Rat (Srilankamys ohiensis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is the only species in the genus Srilankamys. It is found only in Sri Lanka.
[edit] References
- de A. Goonatilake, W.I.L.D.P.T.S., Nameer, P.O. & Molur, S. 2008. Srilankamys ohiensis. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 06 October 2009.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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