Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse (Vandeleuria nilagirica), recorded as Endangered
Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse (Vandeleuria nilagirica). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse

Vandeleuria nilagirica

Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse is a rodent in the family Muridae (order Rodentia) — Vandeleuria nilagirica, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Vandeleuria nilagirica
Taxonomy
Mammalia · Rodentia · Muridae · Vandeleuria

Range and habitat

No country pin is stored for Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse, Wikidata item Q1764078. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse?
Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse is a rodent in the family Muridae (order Rodentia) — Vandeleuria nilagirica.
What is the conservation status of Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Vandeleuria nilagirica. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse live?
Nigiri vandeleuria, also known as the Nigiri long-tailed tree mouse and the Indian long-tailed tree mouse, is a rodent in the family Muridae.
Why is Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Vandeleuria nilagirica?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Nilgiri Long-tailed Tree Mouse a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.