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Cremnomys elvira Ellerman 1946

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Cremnomys elvira Ellerman 1946

Cremnomys elvira Ellerman 1946, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 11, 13: 207.

Type Locality: India, E Ghats, Tamil Nadu, Salem Dist., Kurumbapatti.

Vernacular Names: Elvira Cremnomys.

Distribution: Another Indian peninsular endemic; known only from SE India at the type locality in Tamil Nadu (Agrawal, 2000; Corbet and Hill, 1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Still only represented by few specimens from region of the type locality. Reviewed by Agrawal (2000).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1311, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ellerman
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Cremnomys
Species
elvira
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cremnomys elvira Ellerman, 1946 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Agrawal, V. C. 2000. Taxonomic studies on Indian Muridae and Hystricidae (Mammalia: Rodentia). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper No. 180, 186 pp.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.