Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896
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Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896
Mus (Nannomys) mahomet Rhoads 1896, 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.
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- Rhoads, S. N. 1896. Mammals collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during his expedition to Lake Rudolf, Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1896: 517 - 546.
- Heller, E. 1911. New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 56: 1 - 16.
- Rupp, H. 1980. Beitrage zur Systematik, Verbreitung und Okologie athiopischer Nagetiere. Ergebnisse mehrerer Forschungsreisen. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 28 (2): 81 - 123.
- Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118.
- Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, D. Kock and J. C. Hillman. 1996. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 7. Revised checklist, zoogeography and conservation. Tropical Zoology, 9: 73 - 164.
- Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184.
- Hatt, R. T. 1940 a. Lagomorpha and Rodentia other than Sciuridae, Anomaluridae and Idiuridae, collected by the American Museum Congo Expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 76 (9): 457 - 604.
- Yalden, D. W., and M. J. Largen. 1992. The endemic mammals of Ethiopia. Mammal Review, 22: 115 - 150.
- Bulatova, N. S., and V. N. Orlov. 1997. Biological versus chromosomal diversity in Ethiopian mammals: A preliminary outlook. Pp. 68 - 85, in Ecological and faunistic studies in Ethiopia, part 1 (Joint Ethio-Russian Biological Expedition, ed.). Addis Ababa, 106 pp.
- Baskevich, M. I., and L. A. Lavrenchenko. 1995. On the morphology of spermatozoa in some African murines (Rodentia, Muridae): The taxonomic and phylogenetic aspects. Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Research, 33: 9 - 16.