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- <p><b>558.</b></p><p><b>Saxicolous Mouse</b></p><p><b><i>Mus saxicola</i></b></p><p><b><b>French:</b> Souris des roches / <b>German:</b> Felsen-Stachelzwergmaus / <b>Spanish:</b> Raton de roca</b></p><p><b><b>Other common names:</b> Elliot's Spiny Mouse</b></p><p><b>Taxonomy.</b> Mus saxicola Elliot, 1839,</p><p>Madras, India.</p><p>A morphological and molecular study by P. Chevret and colleagues in 2003 confirmed its position in the subgenus Pyromys, where it is sister to M. platythrix. Previously considered a synonym of M. platythrix. Three subspecies recognized.</p><p><b>Subspecies and Distribution.</b></p><p>M.s.saxicolaElliot,1839—India(Maharashtra,AndhraPradesh,Karnataka,andTamilNadustates).</p><p>M.s.gurkhaThomas,1914—NW&NEIndia(HimachalPradesh,Uttarakhand,Jharkhand,andWestBengalstates)andSNepal.</p><p>M. s. sadhu Wroughton, 1911 — SW & SE Pakistan (Balochistan and Sindh provinces) and W & C India (Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh states).</p><p><b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head—body 71-112 mm,tail 53-96 mm, hindfoot 16-19 mm; weight 18-22 g. A medium-sized mouse which varies in dorsal coloration from pale sandy to dark gray brown; dirty white ventrally. Fur is more orless spiny. Tail is bicolored and shorter (less than 90%) than head-body length. Females bear 5-6 pairs of mammae. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 22-26.</p><p><b>Habitat.</b> Subtropical dry deciduous and scrub forests, grassland and rocky habitats, at elevations up to 1000 m.</p><p><b>Food and Feeding.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Breeding.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Activity patterns.</b> Saxicolous Mice are nocturnal and fossorial.</p><p><b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> No information.</p><p><b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.</p><p><b>Bibliography.</b> Agrawal (2000), Chevret et al. (2003), Corbet & Hill (1992), Ellerman (1961), Marshall (1977a).</p>