Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Vandeleuria |
Species: | V. oleracea
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Binomial name | |
Vandeleuria oleracea (Bennett, 1832)[1]
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Synonyms | |
Vandeleuria badius (Blyth, 1859) |
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]