Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse explained

The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) is a species of rodent found in South and Southeast Asia. It is known as si|ගස් මීයා by Sinhalese people.

It is known to spread the Ixodes tick-borne viral Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD). ^[1]

Description

Head and body length is 7–9 cm. Tail is 10–12 cm. Reddish brown upperparts grading on the sides to light yellowish brown. Underparts are light brownish white. Long tail is dark, and slender with no tuft at tip. Largish hind feet with nails instead of claws on the outer toes, which are opposable.

Further reading

• Prakash . K. L. . Aswathanarayana . N. V. . Chromosome complexity in the Indian long-tailed tree mouse . The Journal of Heredity . 67 . 4 . 249–250 . 1976 . 972253. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a108722 .
• Raman . R. . Sharma . T. . 10.1038/hdy.1976.109 . Unique multiple sex chromosomes of the tree mouse Vandeleuria o. Oleracea: Identification of X1 and X2 . Heredity . 37 . 3 . 435–439 . 1976 . 1070486. free .
• Sreenivasan . M. A. . Bhat . H. R. . Susceptibility of Vandeleuria oleracea Bennet, 1832 (Rodentia, Muridae) to experimental infection with Kyasanur forest disease virus . The Indian Journal of Medical Research . 64 . 4 . 568–572 . 1976 . 184037.
• Callahan . R. . Meade . C. . Todaro . G. J. . Isolation of an endogenous type C virus related to the infectious primate type C viruses from the Asian rodent Vandeleuria oleracea . Journal of Virology . 30 . 1 . 124–131 . 1979 . 90155 . 353306.
• Gropp . A. . Markwong . A. . Marshall . J. . Kim . Y. J. . Robertsonian Chromosomal Variation in the Longtailed Tree Mouse (Vandeleuria) . 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1972.tb00798.x . Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 10 . 210–214 . 1972 . free .

Notes and References

1. Book: Jameson, J. Larry . Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, Twentieth Edition . McGraw Hill Education . 2018 . 978-1259644030 . 1492 . en-us.