Mus caroli Bonhote 1902

Mus caroli Bonhote, 1902. Novit. Zool., 9:627. TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, Ryukyu (= Liukiu) Isis, Okinawa Isl. DISTRIBUTION: Natural range probably from Ryukyu Isis to Taiwan, S China (Fujian and Yunnan Provs., Hainan Isl, Hong Kong), Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Thailand (N of Isthmus of Kra; see map in J. T. Marshall, Jr., 1977a). Also recorded from Malay Peninsula (S Kedah State), Sumatra, Java, Madura, and Flores Isis in Nusa Tenggara, all places where it was likely inadvertently introduced (Musser and Newcomb, 1983). SYNONYMS: boninensis, fornwsanus, kakhyenensis, kukilensis, ouwensi. COMMENTS: Subgenus Mus.Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 623, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735309