Saxicolous Mouse
Mus saxicola Elliot, 1839
Also calledFelsen-Stachelzwergmaus (deu) · Felsenstachelmaus (deu) · Souris des roches (fra) · kivikkohiiri (fin) · mysz skalna (pol) · Мадрасская мышь (rus) · イシハツカネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Madras J. Litt. Sci. vol.10 p.215
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.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Pyromys. Indian populations reviewed by Agrawal (2000), who recognized three subspecies based primarily upon the chromosomal traits originally documented by Rishi and Puri (1978; 2 n = 22 - 26). Corbet and Hill (1992) expressed the need to confirm the inclusion of gurkha, which has soft fur, in the spinous-furred M. saxicola. J. T. Marshall, Jr. (1998; 63) examined the holotype of pygmaeus and identified it as a nestling M. saxicola; Musser and Carleton (1993) had listed it as a synonym of M. musculus. Sister-group to members of subgenus Mus as assessed by analysis of sequences from six genes (Lundrigan et al., 2002). Analyses of DNA / DNA hybridizations and mitochondrial 12 S rRNA sequences but not morphological traits support close relationship between M. saxicola and M. platythrix, also in subgenus Pyromys (Chevret et al., 2003). Occurrence and ecology in the Aravalli ranges of Rajasthan State reported by Prakash et al. (1995 a, b, c) and in Gujarat State of NW India by Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: India (disjunct distribution mapped by Agrawal, 2000), S Nepal, and S Pakistan.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. Saxicolous Mice are nocturnal and fossorial.
Muridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Subtropical dry deciduous and scrub forests, grassland and rocky habitats, at elevations up to 1000 m.
Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438789.