Mus mayori

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Murini
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Mus (Coelomys)
Species: Mus mayori

Name

Mus mayori (Thomas, 1915)

• Holotype: BMNH 1914.12.1.7, adult ♂, collected by E.W. Mayor on 25 March 1914.
• Type locality: “Pattipola, highlands of Central Province, Ceylon, Alt. 6210'”.

Combinations

• Coelomys mayori Thomas, 1915: 416 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Coelomys bicolor Thomas, 1915
• Mus mayori mayori (Taylor, 1915)
• Mus mayori pococki Ellerman, 1947 [not Tichomirow & Kortchagin, 1889]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1915. Scientific results of the mammal survey. No. IX. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23(3): 413–416. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• IUCN: Mus mayori  (Vulnerable)

Vernacular names

English: Mayor’s Mouse