New locality record of the Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse Vandeleuria oleracea (Bennett, 1832) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Muridae) from Kohora River Basin, Assam, India

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Sourav Gupta
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5918-2302
Ramie H. Begum
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7076-7643
Jayanta Kumar Roy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-3726
M. Firoz Ahmed
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2652-1360
Shyamkant S. Talmale
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7363-6227

Abstract

A new locality record of Vandeleuria oleracea from Rongtara Village, Karbi Anglong District, Assam. The new site record is approximately 215 km away from the previous record of the species from North Kamrup in 1961. This study contributes to understanding the species’ distribution in Assam and northeastern India suggesting phylogenetic studies to help resolve the species complex.

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