Millardia meltada

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Millardia
Species: Millardia meltada

Name

Millardia meltada (Gray, 1837)

• Lectotype: BMNH 34a, ♂, skin and skull. [designated by Thomas (1918: 371)]
• Type locality: “Inhabits Bombay”.

Combinations

• Golunda Meltada Gray, 1837: 586 [Original combination]
• Millardia meltada: Thomas, 1911: 998 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1837. Description of some new or little known Mammalia, principally in the British Museum Collection. Magazine of natural history and Journal of zoology, botany, mineralogy, geology, and meteorology. N.S. 1: 577–587. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1911. A new murine genus and species from Sind, with diagnoses of three other new genera based on previously known species of "Mus". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 20(4): 996–999. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1918. A selection of lectotypes of Indian mammals, from the co-types described by Hodgson, Gray, Elliot and others. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 25(3): 368–372. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Common Soft-furred Rat