Mouse Identification - Biology Forum

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David George 18 years, 10 months ago

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- April 5, 2006 at 10:26 am #4331
  David George
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  I am not sure what mouse it is.I took it near my house in chennai,tamil nadu,India.I took the photo in the night.It seems thay call this mouse in tamil as moonch eli [moonch=face, eli=mouse].It would be kind if anybody could help in in Identifying the mouse.
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- April 5, 2006 at 11:06 am #45167
  supernova^
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  Are you sure that this is a mouse?It looks more like Crocidura canariensis(Order Insectivora)
- April 6, 2006 at 11:33 am #45238
  David George
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  I donot think it is Crocidura canariensis asthe Canary shrew is found only in the canary Islands and I am in India Looking at an evolutionary point of view they must be quite different.I am also quite sure that it is a mouse mainly because of its tail.Anyway thank you very much for helping.
- April 6, 2006 at 1:32 pm #45245
  supernova^
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  Maybe I am wrong,but look at this picture http://www.nekanet.net/Naturaleza/espec … a/F339.jpg
  I think they look quite the same and I think what you’ve found i definitely some kind of shrew
- April 7, 2006 at 7:56 am #45300
  David George
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  You are right that it is a shrew sorry for my wrong information.But I still don’t think it is the Canary Shrew may be a relative or convergent evoluion.Thanks Again Supernova.
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