Профиль таксономии: Mus fragilicauda (Auffray Orth Catalan Gonzalez Desmarais and Bonhomme 2003)

Comments: Subgenus Mus. Known by 21 specimens collected in dry grass and patches of pygmy bamboo along roadsides or dikes bordering dry ricefields; M. cervicolor and M. caroli were taken at the same localities. Mus fragilicauda closely resembles M. cervicolor in morphology, differing in some cranial measurements and qualitative traits, fur texture, and its thinner skin that is easily pulled from the tail when mice are handled (Auffray et al., 2003); the two also differ in chromosomal features. Analys...