Kondana soft-furred rat

Species of rodent

Kondana soft-furred rat
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Millardia
Species:
M. kondana
Binomial name
Millardia kondana
Mishra & Dhanda, 1975

The Kondana soft-furred rat (Millardia kondana), also known as the Kondana rat or large metad, is an endangered species of rodent in the family Muridae.[1][2] It is a nocturnal burrowing rat that is endemic to the Sinhgad plateau near Pune, Maharashtra, India.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland, and urban areas. Major threats are habitat loss, overgrazing of vegetation, and disturbance from tourism and recreational activities.

References

  1. ^ a b c Dando, T.; Kennerley, R. (2019). "Millardia kondana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T13524A22461651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T13524A22461651.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)
Melasmothrix
division
Melasmothrix
  • Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats)
  • Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
  • Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)
Micromys
division
Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice)
  • Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
  • Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
  • Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
  • Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
  • Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
  • Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice)
  • Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
  • Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
  • Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats)
  • Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
  • Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
Micromys
  • Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
  • Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice)
  • Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
  • Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
  • Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
Vernaya
  • Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)
Millardia
division
Cremnomys
  • Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
  • Elvira rat (C. elvira)
Diomys
  • Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
Madromys
  • Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats)
  • Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
  • Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
  • Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
  • Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)
Mus division
Muriculus
  • Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)
Mus
(Typical mice)
  • Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
  • Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
  • Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
  • Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
  • Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
  • Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
  • Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
  • Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
  • Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
  • Servant mouse (M. famulus)
  • Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
  • Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
  • House mouse (M. musculus)
  • Mus nitidulus
  • Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
  • Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
  • Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
  • Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
  • Toad mouse (M. bufo)
  • Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
  • Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
  • Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
  • Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
  • Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
  • Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
  • African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
  • Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
  • Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
  • Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
  • Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
  • Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
  • Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
  • Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
  • Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
  • Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
  • Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
  • Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
  • Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
  • Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
  • Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)
See also
Aethomys–Chrotomys
Colomys–Golunda
Hadromys–Maxomys
Oenomys–Pithecheir
Pogonomys–Pseudomys
Rattus
Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Millardia kondana


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