| Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 (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.[2]
- ^ Dando, T. (2019). "Vandeleuria nolthenii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22844A22430744. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22844A22430744.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. JHU Press. p. 132. ISBN 9780801895333.