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Head and body length 9–11 cm. Tail 6–7 cm. Reddish gray above, with gray flat spines (each with 11mm in length) and the reddish hue from the intermixed fine fur. The underparts are pure white with many long black hairs overlying. Whitish to grayish underparts, sometimes with a reddish-brown
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tinge. The ears are dark and relatively large. Snout pointed. Tail scaly, dark purple in color, and longer than body length. The incisors are orange.
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241:North Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
1908:IUCN Red List endangered species
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352:"Superfamily Muroidea"
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1273:Earth-colored mouse (
1221:Sheath-tailed mouse (
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1445:M. tenellus
1400:M. orangiae
1364:M. mattheyi
1241:M. musculus
1037:M. imberbis
968:M. gleadowi
879:Cutch rat (
818:V. oleracea
779:Vandeleuria
692:H. pusillus
642:C. pusillus
633:C. muroides
527:shrew rats)
333:16 November
213:Description
1902:Categories
1582:Pithecheir
1436:M. sorella
1427:M. setzeri
1355:M. mahomet
1346:M. indutus
1328:M. goundae
1301:M. baoulei
1266:M. spretus
1214:M. famulus
1169:M. booduga
1121:M. vulcani
995:M. meltada
986:M. kondana
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284:References
277:Monaragala
259:Hambantota
203:found only
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1589:Pogonomys
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1391:M. neavei
1337:M. haussa
1290:Subgenus
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1178:M. caroli
1158:Subgenus
1112:M. pahari
1103:M. mayori
1075:Subgenus
1022:Muriculus
947:Millardia
912:D. crumpi
890:C. elvira
870:Cremnomys
858:Millardia
705:Hapalomys
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78:Eukaryota
1784:13001551
1732:10225674
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1538:See also
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1078:Coelomys
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655:Haeromys
624:C. major
567:division
564:Micromys
518:Tateomys
487:division
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468:Rodentia
456:Mammalia
450:Chordate
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444:Animalia
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88:Animalia
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51:IUCN 3.1
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1472:Pyromys
1310:M. bufo
831:Vernaya
505:M. naso
474:Muridae
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255:Buttawa
199:Muridae
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354:. In
273:Galge
222:Range
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380:OCLC
370:ISBN
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318:2019
261:and
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