Order: Rodentia

Family: Muridae

 

Size: up to 13 cm in length (head to tail).

 

Key Features: Upperparts a glossy light brown fading to grayish white or white on the ventral surface. There is often a light brown band or splotch across the chest. Large rounded ears set on the head. Muzzle rather pointed. Tail is dark above, and paler below. Upper incisors curve backwards.

 

Habitat: Tropical, subtropical dry deciduous forests, agricultural/ irrigated field.

 

Conservation Status: Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

 

Distribution in the GoK: reported along the coast of Gulf of Kachchh.

 

 

 

 

 

References:

Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1390. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0.

 

IUCN Red List. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/13953/0