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Species of rodent
Rock-loving mouse
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
[1]
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
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (
Melasmothrix –
Mus )
Melasmothrix division
Melasmothrix
Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats)
Micromys division
Millardia division
Mus division