Common Metad
Millardia meltada (Gray, 1837)
Also calledBløtpelsrotte (nob) · Gemeine Weichfellratte (deu) · Pul Eli (tam) · Rat de Gray (fra) · krysa meltada (ces) · pehmohiiri (fin) · szczurofutrzak dekański (pol) · Мягкошёрстная крыса (rus) · নরমলোমি মেঠো ইদুর (ben) · ミラードヤワゲネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., [ser. 1] vol.1 p.586
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Cytogenetics of this species is the subject of a substantial body of literature (Nanda and Raman, 1981; Raman and Sharma, 1977; Sobti and Gill, 1984; Yosida, 1978 a). Mandal and Ghosh (1981) described singuri as a subspecies of M. meltada. Subspecies formerly recognized in M. meltada (Ellerman, 1961) were based upon differences in fur coloration, but Agrawal (2000) noted the lack of significant geographic pattern in color variation as well as external and cranial dimensions among samples and treated the taxa as synonyms. Habitat and distribution on Abu Hill in the Aravalli Range in Rajasthan, India documented by Prakash et al. (1995 a, 1995 b), and in Gujarat State of NW India by Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000). Reviewed by Agrawal (2000).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Sri Lanka; Indian Peninsula west to Gujarat and Rajasthan, north to Himachal Pradesh, and east to West Bengal; E Pakistan; and Terai region of Nepal (Agrawal, 2000, Chakraborty and Agrawal, 2000; Corbet and Hill, 1992; Ellerman, 1961; Rana, 1985).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Cytogenetics of this species is the subject of a growing body of literature (Nanda and Raman, 1981; Raman and Sharma, 1977; Sobti and Gill, 1984; Yosida, 1978). Mandai and Ghosh (1981) described singuri as a subspecies of M. meltada.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Sri Lanka; Indian Peninsula west to Gujarat and Rajasthan, north to Himachal Pradesh, and east to West Bengal; E Pakistan; and Terai region of Nepal (see Rana, 1985).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219777.