Rock-loving mouse

Rock-loving mouse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Mus
Species:	M. saxicola
Binomial name
	Mus saxicola; Elliot, 1839
Synonyms
	Leggada cindrella Wroughton, 1912 ; Leggada platythrix subsp. sadhu Wroughton, 1911 ; Leggadilla gurkha Thomas, 1914 ; Mus platythrix subsp. gurkha (Thomas, 1914) ; Mus platythrix ssp. ramnadensis (Bentham, 1908) ; Mus platythrix subsp. sadhu (Wroughton, 1911) ; Mus ramnadensis Bentham, 1908 ; Mus spinulosus Blyth, 1854;

The rock-loving mouse (Mus saxicola), also known as the brown spiny mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in India, Nepal, and Pakistan.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Molur, S.; Nameer, P.O. (2008). "Mus saxicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13979A4377160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13979A4377160.en.

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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[iucn-1] Molur, S.; Nameer, P.O. (2008). "Mus saxicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13979A4377160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13979A4377160.en.

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