Indomalayan Vandeleuria
Vandeleuria oleracea (Bennett, 1832)
Also calledKosatta-miya (sin) · Lampuchre Musa (nep) · Langstaartige Indische Boommuis (nld) · Palmemus (nob) · Podi-gas-miya (sin) · Topo arboricolo indo-malese (ita) · Topo arboricolo indomalese (ita) · aasianhäntähiiri (fin) · myszeczka orientalna (pol) · Пальмовая мышь (rus) · লম্বালেজি গেছো ইদুর (ben) · หนูมือลิง (tha) · シュロマウス (jpn)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1832 p.121
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and probably in Laos. In Myanmar, recorded in Sagaing Region (Proposed Mahamyaing WS: Thazin Wai et al. 2018) and widely distributed throughout the country.
Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist
vernacular_names
Common name: Indomalayan Long-tailed Climbing Mouse Myanmar name:
Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist
discussion
Discussion: Musser and Carleton (1993) noted that " oleracea is possibly a composite of species, and despite Agrawal and Chakraborty’s (1980) review of geographic variation, needs careful systematic revision. " Chromosomal features vary geographically: 2 n = 26 or 28 for N, NE and E Thailand samples (Gropp et al., 1972; Winking et al., 1979); 2 n = 29 for N India sample (Sharma and Raman, 1972), and 2 n = 28 for SW India (Prakash and Aswathanarayana, 1973, 1976). Agrawal (2000) reviewed Indian populations, pointing out that samples from N India have rusty brown upperparts while those from S India and Gujarat have a dull brown dorsum; slight chromosomal differences are concordant with the chromatic distribution. Morphological variation in what has been defined as V. oleracea excludes nilagirica, which Corbet and Hill (1992) treat as a separate species (see that account). Ecology and distribution in the Aravalli Ranges in Rajasthan, India documented by Prakash et al. (1995 a, b) and in Gujarat State by Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000). Excellent description of climbing ability, diet, and other aspects for the Sri Lankan population provided by Phillips (1926, 1980). Chinese localities m
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Recorded from Sri Lanka (lowlands; Phillips, 1980), peninsular India, S Nepal, Burma (Ellerman, 1941), SE China (W Yunnan; Wang, 2003), Thailand (except peninsula south of Isthmus of Kra, 10 EE, 30 ’ N; J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 a), SW Cambodia (Cardamom Mtns; A. Smith, in litt., 2002), and S Vietnam (Osgood, 1932; Dang et al., 1994); probably occurs in S Laos in suitable habitat. See Corbet and Hill (1992).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Vandeleuria oleracea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439081.
