Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1396

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Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896
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Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896 View in CoL

Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896 View in CoL , Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia: 532.

Type Locality: SC Ethiopia, Sheikh Mahomet.

Vernacular Names: Mahomet Mouse.

Synonyms: Mus (Nannomys) emesi Heller 1911 .

Distribution: Ethiopian highlands, 1500-3400 m (Lavrenchenko, 2000; Rupp, 1980; Yalden et al., 1976, 1996; specimens in FMNH), SW Uganda and SW Kenya (specimens in USNM); limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Nannomys . Heller (1911) described emesi as a subspecies of M. musculoides , but Hollister (1919:96) and Hatt (1940 a) treated it as a distinct species. Musser’s study of Hatt's specimens from NE Dem. Rep. Congo (in AMNH) revealed they consisted of M. minutoides and M. sorella . The holotype of emesi and most of Hollister's other examples from Uganda do represent a species distinct from M. minutoides ; in morphology and chromatic traits, we cannot distinguish the series of emesi from the large samples of mahomet collected by Osgood in Ethiopia. Mus mahomet is sympatric with M. minutoides in Uganda and Kenya and narrowly sympatric or closely parapatric with M. setulosus in Ethiopia ( Yalden et al., 1976; specimens in FMNH). Yalden and Largen (1992) reviewed the species as an Ethiopian endemic. Karyotype (2n = FN = 36) documented by Orlov and Bulatova (1997), spermatozoal morphology described by Baskevich and Lavrenchenko (1995). Yalden et al. (1976:30) suspected that kerensis , currently included in synonymy of Mastomys natalensis , might be the correct name for M. mahomet .

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Mus

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Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Mus (Nannomys) mahomet

Rhoads 1896: 532
1896
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