Mus (Coelomys)

Mus (Coelomys)
Gairdner's shrewmouse (Mus pahari)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Coelomys
Thomas, 1915
Species

4, see text

Coelomys is a subgenus of the rodent genus Mus, the mice. This subgenus is native to Southeast Asia.

Species:

  • Mus crociduroides – Sumatran shrewlike mouse (Western Sumatra)
  • Mus mayori – Mayor's mouse (Sri Lanka)
  • Mus pahari – Gairdner's shrewmouse, Indochinese shrewlike mouse, Sikkim mouse (Northeastern India to southwestern Cambodia and northern Vietnam)
  • Mus vulcani – volcano mouse, Javan shrewlike mouse (Western Java)