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GBIF·5219780speciesAnimalia25 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusMillardia
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Burmese Metad

Millardia kathleenae Thomas, 1914

Also calledBurma-Weichfellratte (deu) · Rat de Ryley (fra) · intianpehmohiiri (fin) · szczurofutrzak ugorowy (pol) · Мьянманская мыгкошёрстная крыса (rus) · ビルマミラードヤワゲネズミ (jpn)

First described in: J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. vol.23 p.29

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution: Only occur in the Central Myanmar (Mount Popa, near the type locality of Bagan, but absent from surrounding areas; Musser and Carleton 2005).

Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist

discussion

Discussion: Sody (1941) proposed the genus Millardomys for this species. Aplin (in litt., 2004) trapped it at Mt Popa and near Pagan, found it absent from surrounding areas, and suspected it to be locally common in the central dry zone of Burma.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

distribution

Distribution: Apparently endemic to C Burma (Ellerman, 1961).

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Sody (1941) proposed the genus Millardomys, which is a nomen nudum, for this species.

Order Rodentia - Family Muridae

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219780.