Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse
| Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Vandeleuria |
| Species: | V. nolthenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Vandeleuria nolthenii Phillips, 1929
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| Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse Range Map | |
Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria nolthenii), also known as Sri Lanka highland tree mouse or Podi-gas-miya (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ගස් මීයා), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. The species is endemic to the highlands of Sri Lanka. It is a nocturnal arboreal mouse, which is named after A. C. Tutein-Nolthenius, an amateur zoologist who collected the first specimens in 1929.