Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Vandeleuria |
Species: | V. nilagirica |
Binomial name | |
Vandeleuria nilagirica Jerdon, 1867 |
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Nilgiri vandeleuria (Vandeleuria nilagirica) , also known as the Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse and the Indian long-tailed tree mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. There has been some dispute as to whether this specimen is actually a subspecies of the Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse but current opinion seems to suggest that it is indeed a separate species. It is found in India.