Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1189
1531
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Srilankamys ohiensis
(Phillips 1929)
[Rattus] ohiensis
Phillips 1929
,
Ceylon
J. Sci., Sec. B, 15: 167
.
Type Locality:
Sri Lanka
(
Ceylon
), Ohiya, W Haputale,
6000 ft
(
1830 m
).
Vernacular Names:
Phillips's Srilankamys
.
Distribution:
Primary lowland tropical and montane evergreen rainforest formations on mountains in
Uva
and Central Provinces of
Sri Lanka
between 915 and
2135 m
(
Phillips, 1980
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (nt).
Discussion:
Musser (1981
b
)
described the history of past and incorrect allocations of
ohiensis
to groups that are now recognized as
Apomys
,
Lenothrix
,
Leopoldamys
,
Maxomys
,
Niviventer
, and
Rattus
.