Phillips's mouse, Mus phillipsi, is a rodent in the family Muridae that is found only in India. Its natural habitats are listed as subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and hot desert, which makes all three of its recorded habitat types dry ones. The species is described as threatened by habitat loss. It is an Indian endemic, so the whole of its known range lies within that one country.
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Source Phillips's mouse (Wikipedia)
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It is found only in India
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1. Phillips's mouse (Wikipedia)
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It is found only in India
Habitat, land habitats
hot deserts
In Group: Rodents And Lagomorphs, Lead
is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
Child Taxon Of: Mus, Lead, scientific name
(Mus phillipsi)
In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Lead, habitat
subtropical or tropical dry forests
In Biome: Grassland, Lead, habitat, grassland
subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland
In Biome: Desert, Lead, habitat, desert
and hot deserts
View the Source2. iNaturalist: iNaturalist taxon record for Mus phillipsi
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"extinct": false
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