Nannomys Explained
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)
Notes and References
- 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.
- 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.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=970551 Mus (Nannomys) Peters, 1876.
- 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. en. 79. 1. 15–23. 10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119. 87805083. 1864-1547.
