Vandeleuria Temporal range: EarlyPleistocene to Recent | |
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Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Tribe: | Vandeleurini Pagèset al., 2015 |
Genus: | Vandeleuria Gray, 1842 |
Type species | |
Mus oleraceus | |
Species | |
Vandeleuria nilagirica |
Vandeleuria is a smallgenus ofrodent fromAsia with only three species.[1] It is the only member of thetribeVandeleurini. Species in this genus are known as thelong-tailed climbing mice.[2][3]