Elvira Rat

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Elvira Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Cremnomys
Species: C. elvira
Binomial name
Cremnomys elvira
(Ellerman, 1946)

The Elvira Rat (Cremnomys elvira) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is found only in India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

[edit] References

  • CBSG CAMP Workshop, India 2000. Cremnomys elvira. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.