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 Mus (Pyromys) phillipsi Wroughton 1912 Mus (Pyromys) phillipsi Wroughton 1912 , J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 21: 772 . Type Locality: India , Central Province, Nimur Dist., Asirgarh, 1500 ft ( 458 m ). Vernacular Names: Phillips's Mouse . Synonyms: Mus (Pyromys) siva (Thomas and Ryley 1913) ; Mus (Pyromys) surkha (Wroughton and Ryley 1913) . Distribution: S and WC Peninsular India ( Rajasthan , Gujarat , Madhya Pradesh , Andra Pradesh, Karnataka , and Tamil Nadu ; Agrawal, 2000 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Subgenus Pyromys . An Indian endemic revised by J. T . Marshall, Jr. (1977 b ) and reviewed by Agrawal (2000) . Its occurrence and ecology in the Aravalli ranges of Rajasthan State documented by Prakash et al. (1995 a , b , c ), and in Gujarat State by Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000) .