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Common Indian Field Mouse
Mus booduga
The little Indian field mouse (Mus booduga) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
From the article Little Indian field mouse on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The head and body length is 7 cm, and the tail is 6 cm. The upper parts of the body are a glossy light brown fading to greyish-white or white on the ventral surface. There is often a light brown band or patch across the chest. Large rounded ears are set on the head. The muzzle is rather pointed. The tail is dark above and paler below. The upper incisors curve backwards.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44698.