Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips, 1929

Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 501-755 : 672

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scientific name	Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips, 1929
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Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips, 1929 View in CoL . Ceylon J. Sci., Sec. B, 15: 165.

TYPE LOCALITY: Sri Lanka, Uva, Ohiya, West Haputale, 6000 ft .

DISTRIBUTION: Highlands (above 3800 ft) of Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka.

COMMENTS: Usually considered a subspecies of V. oleracea ( Agrawal and Chakraborty, 1980; Ellerman, 1961), nolthenii is distinct in its montane distribution, pelage coloration, and external and cranial traits from V. oleracea occuring at lower elevations, and should be treated as a separate species (Musser, 1979).