Mus (Pyromys) shortridgei Thomas 1914

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 : 1407

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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).