Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Platacanthomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 905-906 : 906

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11330972

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scientific name

Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859
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Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859 View in CoL

Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859 View in CoL , J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 28: 289.

Type Locality: India, Kerala State, Malabar, Alipi.

Vernacular Names: Spiny Tree Mouse.

Distribution: Forests below 3000 ft (914 m) in SW Peninsular India to 14°north latitude (Kerala and Karnataka states; Agrawal, 2000).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Known by few museum specimens but apparently common in the right habitats. Peters (1865) redescribed the species in some detail; Ellerman (1961) also furnished an informative description, excellent cranial illustrations, and measurements of BMNH specimens. Reviewed by Agrawal (2000), who still regarded the species as "a specialised and aberrant arboreal dormouse." Jayson and Christopher (1995) encountered P. lasiurus in the Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats in Kerala State, and provided what little ecological information is known.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Platacanthomyidae

Genus

Platacanthomys

Loc

Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Platacanthomys lasiurus

Blyth 1859: 289
1859
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