Mus (Mus) fragilicauda Auffray, Orth, Catalan, Gonzalez, Desmarais, and Bonhomme 2003

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 : 1393

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scientific name	Mus (Mus) fragilicauda Auffray, Orth, Catalan, Gonzalez, Desmarais, and Bonhomme 2003
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Mus (Mus) fragilicauda Auffray, Orth, Catalan, Gonzalez, Desmarais, and Bonhomme 2003 View in CoL

Mus (Mus) fragilicauda Auffray, Orth, Catalan, Gonzalez, Desmarais, and Bonhomme 2003 View in CoL , Zoologica Scripta, 32: 121.

Type Locality: SC Thailand, Nahkon Ratchasima (Khorat) Province, Wang Nam Yen Dist., Ban Nong Sanga (14E32,33'N, 101E57,44'E).

Vernacular Names: Sheath-Tailed Mouse.

Distribution: Recorded from the type locality and Tumbon, both places 50 km SSE of Khorat. Either this taxon or a close relative (DNA sequences are weakly divergent) is present in Sekong Province of Laos (K. Aplin, in litt., 2004). Additional field surveys and reexamination of museum specimens may reveal an even wider range.