Crump's mouse

Crump's mouse (Diomys crumpi) is a small rodent in the family Muridae and the only species in the genus Diomys. It is found in northern India (recorded in Bihar and Manipur), southern Nepal (recorded in the Central Terai) and northern Myanmar (recorded in Namti), mostly from isolated records, so the true limits of its range are unknown. The type locality is the Paresnath Hills in Bihar, and the species was named by Oldfield Thomas in 1917. The animal is reported from tropical evergreen, temperate broadleaved and moist deciduous forests at altitudes of about 1,000 to 2,000 metres. It is terrestrial and nocturnal and burrows in the ground. Adults are about 102 to 135 millimetres long from head to rump with a tail of 109 to 130 millimetres, and the soft fur is dark brownish gray above and grayish white below, with a two-toned tail. Skull features led Musser and Newcomb in 1983 to place it closer to the Indian genera Millardia and Cremnomys than to Southeast Asian species. The IUCN Red List category recorded by GBIF is Data Deficient.