Mus (Pyromys) shortridgei Thomas 1914

Mus (Pyromys) shortridgei Thomas 1914, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 23: 30.

Type Locality: Burma, Mt Popa, 4961 ft (1512 m).

Vernacular Names: Shortridge's Mouse.

Synonyms: Mus (Pyromys) nghialoensis Dao 1966 .

Distribution: Burma (Ellerman, 1961), Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 a), SW Cambodia (A. Smith, in litt.), C Laos (Smith et al., In Press), and NW Vietnam (Dao, 1978); see J. T. Marshall, Jr. (1977 a:431).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Pyromys . Dao (1966) described nghialoensis as a subspecies of M. platythrix, which at the time embraced the Indochinese shortridgei . Chromosomal composition of Thai samples, which demonstrate a complex polymorphism, reported by Gropp et al. (1973). Evolutionary history extends back to the late Pliocene of Thailand, based on isolated molars recovered from cave sediments (Chaimanee, 1998).