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Species of rodent Not to be confused with Mexican volcano mouse.

Volcano mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Species: M. vulcani
Binomial name
Mus vulcani
(Robinson & Kloss, 1919)

The volcano mouse or Javan shrew-like mouse (Mus vulcani) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae endemic to Indonesia.

References

  1. Aplin, K. (2008). "Mus vulcani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 10 December 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of vulnerable.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1411. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily Murinae (MelasmothrixMus)
Melasmothrix
division
Melasmothrix
Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats)
Micromys
division
Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice)
Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice)
Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats)
Micromys
Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice)
Vernaya
Millardia
division
Cremnomys
Diomys
Madromys
Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats)
Mus division
Muriculus
Mus
(Typical mice)
See also
AethomysChrotomys
ColomysGolunda
HadromysMaxomys
OenomysPithecheir
PogonomysPseudomys
Rattus
StenocephalomysXeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Mus vulcani


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