Mus imberbis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Murini
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Mus (Nannomys)
Species: Mus imberbis

Name

Mus imberbis Rüppell, 1842

• Holotype: SMF 778, mounted skin and skull, collected by Eduard Rüppell in 1834.
• Type locality: “Bewohnt in der Provinz Simen Erdhöhlen in denselben Feldern und Wiesen”.

Combinations

• Mus imberbis Rüppell, 1842: 110 [Original combination]
• Muriculus imberbis: Thomas, 1903: 314 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Muriculus imberbis chilaloensis Osgood, 1936: 245
  • Holotype: FMNH 28669, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Alfred M. Bailey on 14 November 1926.
  • Type locality: “Mount Albasso, northeastern Chilalo Mountains, Arusi, Ethiopia. Alt. 10,700 ft.”

Native distribution areas

• Ethiopia.

References

Primary references

• Rüppell, E. 1842. Säugethiere aus der Ordnung der Nager, beobachtet im nordöstlichen Africa. Museum Senckenbergianum 3(2): 91–116. BHL Reference page. 
• Thomas, O. 1903. On a collection of mammals from Abyssinia, including some from Lake Tsana, collected by Mr. Edward Degen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 308–316. BHL Reference page. 
• Osgood, W.H. 1936. New and imperfectly known small mammals from Africa. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 20(21): 217–256. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R. & Bryja, J. 2014. Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus. Mammalia 79(1): 15–23. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119 Reference page. 

Links

• Lavrenchenko, L. & Schlitter, D. 2016. IUCN: Mus imberbis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T13935A22454386. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T13935A22454386.en. Accessed on 24 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Ethiopian Striped Mouse