Berylmys berdmorei (Blyth 1851)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1296

Berylmys berdmorei (Blyth 1851)

[Berylmys] berdmorei (Blyth 1851) , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 20: 173.

Type Locality: S Burma (S Tenasserim), Mergui.

Vernacular Names: Berdmore's Berylmys.

Synonyms: Berylmys magnus (Kloss 1916) ; Berylmys mullulus (Thomas 1916) .

Distribution: S China (S Yunnan; Wang, 2003; Yang and Wu, 1979; Zhang et al., 1997), S Burma, Thailand (J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977 a; Robinson et al., 1995), Cambodia, N and C Laos ( Aplin et al., 2003 c; Smith et al., In Press), and S Vietnam ( Dang et al., 1994; Kuznetsov, 2000); also on Con Dao Isl (= Con Son Isl). Details of overall range are documented by Musser and Newcomb (1983) and Corbet and Hill (1992).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Berylmys berdmorei is the only species of Berylmys recorded from a small island (Con Dao, S Vietnam) off continental Indochina. Evolutionary history extends back to the middle Pleistocene, based on molars recovered from cave sediments in C Thailand ( Chaimanee, 1998).