Mus (Nannomys) tenellus Thomas 1903

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 : 1410

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Mus (Nannomys) tenellus Thomas 1903
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Mus (Nannomys) tenellus Thomas 1903 View in CoL

Mus (Nannomys) tenellus Thomas 1903 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1903 (1): 298.

Type Locality: Sudan, Blue Nile, Roseires.

Vernacular Names: Delicate Mouse.

Synonyms: Mus (Nannomys) aequatorius Setzer 1953 ; Mus (Nannomys) delamensis Setzer 1956 ; Mus (Nannomys) suahelica (Thomas 1910) .

Distribution: Sudan ( Setzer, 1956), S Ethiopia (below 2000 m; Rupp, 1980), S Somalia, and south through Kenya to C Tanzania (Dodoma), including lower flanks of Mt Kilimanjaro ( Grimshaw et al., 1995); range based upon our study of material at AMNH, BMNH, CNHM, MCZ, AND USNM; distributional limits unresolved.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Nannomys . Reviewed by F. Petter (1972 a) and Yalden et al. (1976). Morphologically and ecologically closely similar to M. haussa (see that account). The southernmost record is based on holotype of gerbillus (G. M. Allen and Loveridge, 1933) , which is an example of M. tenellus ; aequatorius , delamensis , and suahelica also represent that species (our study of holotypes). Yalden et al. (1976) listed gallarum as a synonym of M. tenellus , but the holotype is a M. minutoides . Judged by our studies of museum specimens, most published Ethiopian records of M. tenellus are actually M. minutoides , but we have not seen the samples from SW Ethiopia referenced by Yalden et al. (1996).

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

CNHM

Cincinnati Museum of Natural History

MCZ

Museum of Comparative Zoology

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Muridae

Genus

Mus

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Mus (Nannomys) tenellus Thomas 1903

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

Mus (Nannomys) tenellus

Thomas 1903: 298
1903
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