Taxonomy Profile: Millardia gleadowi (Murray 1886)

Millardia gleadowi: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Sand-colored Metad []
Sand-coloured Rat []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Millardia gleadowi: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Millardia
Asian Soft-furred Rats |
Species : Millardia gleadowi
Sand-colored Metad |
Sand-coloured Rat |
Millardia gleadowi Direct Children(s):
Millardia gleadowi: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Millardia gleadowi
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Millardia gleadowi
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Millardia gleadowi
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Millardia gleadowi
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1966-07-01 / 1966-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition
Page(s):
810
Publisher:
Alden Press
Publication Place:
Oxford, England
ISBN/ISSN:
0565004484/
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727652
Reference for:
Millardia gleadowi
Millardia gleadowi: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Southern Asia
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Millardia gleadowi: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: A distinctive species morphologically unlike any other Millardia and adapted to semideserts of shifting sand dunes, clay flats, and rocky hillsides. Raman and Sharma (1977) reported essentially no similarity between karyotypes of M. meltada and M. gleadowi. Its inclusion in Millardia should be reexamined. Indian population reviewed by Agrawal (2000); ecology and distribution in Gujarat State of NW India recorded by Chakraborty and Agrawal (2000)