Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse

Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Vandeleuria
Species:
V. oleracea
Binomial name
Vandeleuria oleracea
(Bennett, 1832)[1]
Synonyms

Vandeleuria badius (Blyth, 1859)
Vandeleuria domecolus (Hodgson, 1841)
Vandeleuria dumeticola (Hodgson, 1845)
Vandeleuria marica (Thomas, 1915)
Vandeleuria modesta (Thomas, 1914)
Vandeleuria povensis (Hodgson, 1845)
Vandeleuria rubida (Thomas, 1914)
Vandeleuria sibylla (Thomas, 1914)
Vandeleuria scandens (Osgood, 1932)
Vandeleuria spadicea (Ryley, 1914)
Vandeleuria wroughtoni (Ryley, 1914)[2]

The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) is a species of rodent found in South and Southeast Asia.[1] It is known as Sinhala: ගස් මීයා by Sinhalese people.

It is known to spread the Ixodes tick-borne viral Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD). [3]

  1. ^ a b c Aplin, K.; Molur, S. (2017). "Vandeleuria oleracea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22845A22430846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T22845A22430846.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Vandeleuria oleracea. Mammal Species of the World. Bucknell.edu. Retrieved on 2012-12-28.
  3. ^ Jameson, J. Larry (2018). Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition. McGraw Hill Education. p. 1492. ISBN 978-1259644030.