Nannomys

Subgenus of rodents

Nannomys
Matthey's mouse (Mus mattheyi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Nannomys
Peters, 1876
Species

20, see text

Nannomys is a subgenus of the rodent genus Mus, the mice. They are known as the African pygmy mice.[1] These species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, where they can be found in many types of habitat.[1] There are 20 species.[2]

Species include:[3]

  • Baoule's mouse, Mus baoulei (Ivory Coast to Guinea)
  • Toad mouse, Mus bufo (Mountains of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and neighboring parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Callewaert's mouse, Mus callewaerti (Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo)
  • Gounda mouse, Mus goundae (Central African Republic)
  • Hausa mouse, Mus haussa (Senegal to northern Nigeria)
  • Ethiopian striped mouse, Mus imberbis (Ethiopia) (formerly classified in its own genus, Muriculus)[4]
  • Desert pygmy mouse, Mus indutus (Southern Angola to western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa)
  • Mahomet mouse, Mus mahomet (Ethiopia, southwestern Uganda and southwestern Kenya)
  • Matthey's mouse, Mus mattheyi (Ghana)
  • African pygmy mouse, Mus minutoides (Zimbabwe, Southern Mozambique, South Africa)
  • Temminck's mouse, Mus musculoides (Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the range of Mus minutoides)
  • Neave's mouse, Mus neavei (Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to northeastern South Africa)
  • Free State pygmy mouse, Mus orangiae (South Africa)
  • Oubangui mouse, Mus oubanguii (Central African Republic)
  • Peters's mouse, Mus setulosus (Senegal to Ethiopia and western Kenya)
  • Setzer's pygmy mouse, Mus setzeri (Northeastern Namibia, Botswana, and western Zambia)
  • Thomas's pygmy mouse, Mus sorella (Eastern Cameroon to western Tanzania)
  • Delicate mouse, Mus tenellus (Sudan to southern Somalia and central Tanzania)
  • Gray-bellied pygmy mouse, Mus triton (Southern Ethiopia to central Angola and Malawi)

References

Wikispecies has information related to Nannomys.
  1. ^ a b Veyrunes, F., et al. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of the African pygmy mice, subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus): implications for chromosomal evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 36(2), 358-369.
  2. ^ Veyrunes, F., et al. (2006). Phylogenomics of the genus Mus (Rodentia; Muridae): extensive genome repatterning is not restricted to the house mouse. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 273(1604), 2925-2934.
  3. ^ Mus (Nannomys) Peters, 1876. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  4. ^ Meheretu, Yonas; Šumbera, Radim; Bryja, Josef (2015-02-01). "Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus". Mammalia. 79 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119. ISSN 1864-1547. S2CID 87805083.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (MelasmothrixMus)
Melasmothrix
division
Melasmothrix
  • Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats)
  • Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
  • Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)
Micromys
division
Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice)
  • Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
  • Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
  • Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
  • Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
  • Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
  • Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice)
  • Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
  • Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
  • Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats)
  • Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
  • Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
Micromys
  • Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
  • Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice)
  • Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
  • Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
  • Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
Vernaya
  • Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)
Millardia
division
Cremnomys
  • Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
  • Elvira rat (C. elvira)
Diomys
  • Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
Madromys
  • Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats)
  • Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
  • Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
  • Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
  • Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)
Mus division
Muriculus
  • Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)
Mus
(Typical mice)
  • Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
  • Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
  • Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
  • Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
  • Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
  • Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
  • Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
  • Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
  • Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
  • Servant mouse (M. famulus)
  • Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
  • Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
  • House mouse (M. musculus)
  • Mus nitidulus
  • Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
  • Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
  • Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
  • Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
  • Toad mouse (M. bufo)
  • Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
  • Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
  • Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
  • Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
  • Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
  • Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
  • African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
  • Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
  • Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
  • Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
  • Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
  • Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
  • Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
  • Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
  • Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
  • Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
  • Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
  • Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
  • Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
  • Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
  • Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)
See also
AethomysChrotomys
ColomysGolunda
HadromysMaxomys
OenomysPithecheir
PogonomysPseudomys
Rattus
StenocephalomysXeromys
Otomys
Others
Taxon identifiers
Nannomys


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