Earth-colored mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{speciesbox | name = Earth-colored mouse | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author1=Aplin, K. | title=''Mus terricolor''| volume= 2008| year = 2008 | article-number = e.T13987A4379161|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13987A4379161.en}}</ref> | genus = Mus | species = terricolor | authority = Blyth, 1851 | synonyms = ''Mus dunni'' }}

The '''earth-colored mouse''' ('''''Mus terricolor''''') is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in India, possibly Indonesia, Nepal, and Pakistan. The earth-colored mouse lives in cultivated fields in raised moist mounds of Earth, where they burrow and locate their nest about 20 cm or 8 inches deep.<ref> Singh, S., Cheong, N., Narayan, G., Sharma, T. Burrow characteristics of the co-existing sibling species ''Mus booduga'' and ''Mus terricolor'' and the genetic basis of adaptation to hypoxic/hypercapnic stress. ''BMC Ecology'', (2009).</ref> Living in a raised mound of soil offers them more oxygen flow from air coming through the surrounding sides as well as from above. In contrast, their co-existing sibling species ''Mus booduga'' burrow in the flat parts of the field, which allows for niche differentiation. ==References== {{Reflist}}

*{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13001582 | page = }} {{Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)}}

Category:Mus (genus) Category:Mammals of Pakistan Category:Mammals of Nepal Category:Mammals described in 1851 Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot