Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse

Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Vandeleuria
Species:	V. oleracea
Binomial name
	Vandeleuria oleracea; (Bennett, 1832)
Synonyms
	Vandeleuria badius (Blyth, 1859); Vandeleuria domecolus (Hodgson, 1841); Vandeleuria dumeticola (Hodgson, 1845); Vandeleuria marica (Thomas, 1915); Vandeleuria modesta (Thomas, 1914); Vandeleuria povensis (Hodgson, 1845); Vandeleuria rubida (Thomas, 1914); Vandeleuria sibylla (Thomas, 1914); Vandeleuria scandens (Osgood, 1932); Vandeleuria spadicea (Ryley, 1914); Vandeleuria wroughtoni (Ryley, 1914)

The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea) is a species of rodent found in South and Southeast Asia. It is known as ගස් මීයා by Sinhalese people.

It is known to spread the Ixodes tick-borne viral Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD).

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