First record of Little Indian field mouse, Mus booduga (Gray 1837) (Rodentia: Muridae), from cold arid region of Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Vipin Chaudhary
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Rakesh S. Tripathi
Abstract
Mus booduga (Gray 1837) is a mesic rodent, recorded for the first time from the cold arid region of Leh-Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The species was collected from crop fields and nearby areas from different altitudes ranging from 3187 to 3768 m above mean sea level. The paper describes the external measurements and diagnostic features of M. booduga collected from Leh-Ladakh region. Earlier records had shown its altitudinal distribution from 250 to 3695 m above mean sea level from Uttarakhand in the Himalayan region, however in the present study the mouse was collected up to an altitude of 3768 m which is the highest elevational record of this species for the Himalayan range.
Acknowledgements
The authors are thankful to the Director of ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), Jodhpur for providing facilities and support in conducting the study. We are also thankful to Mr. Ramesh Chand Meena, and Mr. Surjeet Singh, Senior Technical Officers, CAZRI, Jodhpur for their technical support during the course of study. We would like to thank Dr. S.S. Talmale, Assistant Zoologist, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Jabalpur, India for the identification of specimen, and Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Scientist D, ZSI, Jodhpur, India for registration of voucher specimen.
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