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Mus (Nannomys) oubanguii F. Petter and Genest 1970

Description

Mus (Nannomys) oubanguii F. Petter and Genest 1970

Mus (Nannomys) oubanguii F. Petter and Genest 1970, Mammalia, 34: 454.

Type Locality: Central African Republic, La Maboke, Ippy, Bangassou (F. Petter, 1981 b, provided coordinates).

Vernacular Names: Oubangui Mouse.

Distribution: Recorded only from Central African Republic (savanna north of Oubangui River); see Jotterand (1972:332).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Nannomys. Sympatric with M. setulosus and M. minutoides (F. Petter and Genest, 1970), but a phylogenetic member of the M. sorella group, according to F. Petter (1981 b), who also noted that its morphology, except for a dental trait, is similar to that of M. neavei (see that account). Chromosomal information, in context of understanding chromosomal evolution among species of African Mus, documented by Jotterand (1972) and Jotterand-Bellomo (1984, 1986).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1405, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
F. Petter and Genest
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Genus
Mus
Species
oubanguii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mus (Nannomys) oubanguii and, 1970 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Petter, F., and H. Genest. 1970. Liste preliminaire des rongeurs myomorphes de Republique Centrafricaine. Description de deux souris nouvelles: Mus oubanguii et Mus goundae. Mammalia, 34: 451 - 458.
  • Petter, F. 1981 b. Les souris africaines du groupe sorella (Rongeurs, Murides). Mammalia, 45: 313 - 320.
  • Jotterand, M. 1972. Le polymorphisme chromosomique des Mus (Leggadas) africains. Cytogenetique, zoogeographie, evolution. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 79 (1): 287 - 359.
  • Jotterand-Bellomo, M. 1984. L'analyse cytogenetique de deux especes de Muridae africains, Mus oubanguii et Mus minutoides / musculoides: Polymorphisme chromosomique et ebauche d'une phylogenie. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 38: 182 - 188.
  • Jotterand-Bellomo, M. 1986. Le genre Mus africain, un exemple d'homogeneite caryotypique: etude cytogenetique de Mus minutoides / musculoides (Cote d'Ivoire), de M. setulosus (Republique Centrafricaine), et de M. mattheyi (Burkina Faso). Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 42: 99 - 104.