Ohiya Rat

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Ohiya Rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Srilankamys Musser, 1981 Species: S. ohiensis
Binomial name
Srilankamys ohiensis (Phillips, 1929)

The Ohiya Rat (Srilankamys ohiensis) is a species of rodent in the Muridae family. It is the only species in the genus Srilankamys. It is found only in Sri Lanka.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Srilankamys ohiensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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.