Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Madromys
Species: Madromys blanfordi
Name
Madromys blanfordi (Thomas, 1881)
Holotype: BMNH 80.11.11.54, adult ♀, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Kadapa, Madras[=Andra Pradesh],” India.
Combinations
Mus blanfordi Thomas, 1881: 24 [original combination]
Rattus blanfordi: Ellerman, 1841 [name combiantion]
Madromys blanfordi: Sody, 1941: 260 [name combination]
Cremnomys blanfordi: Misonne, 1969: 126 [name combination]
References
Primary references
Thomas, O. 1881. Description of a new species of Mus from southern India. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 7(37): 24. DOI: 10.1080/00222938109459467 BHL Reference page.
Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions (with description of 43 new genera, species, and subspecies). Treubia 18(2): 255–325.
Misonne, X. 1969. African and Indo-Australian Muridae, evolutionary trends. Museum Royale de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Zoologie, Series 8, 172: 1–219.
Links
Madromys blanfordi in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Madromys blanfordi (Least Concern)
Vernacular names
English: White-tailed Wood Rat, Blanford’s Rat
Blanford's rat (Madromys blanfordi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Madromys. Known as වලිග සුදු වන මීයා (meaning white-tailed wood rat) in Sinhala language. It is found throughout India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh (in Satkhira District).
Description
Head and body 14–15 cm; tail is 19 cm. Dorsum grayish brown, darker on back and lighter on the sides. White underparts. Feet are white in adults, brownish white in young. two thirds of the tail is brown from the base then covered with long dense white furs.[2]
References
Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Madromys blanfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5512A115072062.
Yapa, A.; Ratnavira, G. (2013). Mammals of Sri Lanka. Colombo: Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka. p. 1012. ISBN 978-955-8576-32-8.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License
