Mus imberbis
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Murini
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Mus (Nannomys)
Species: Mus imberbis
Name
editMus 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
edit- Mus imberbis Rüppell, 1842: 110 [Original combination]
- Muriculus imberbis: Thomas, 1903: 314 [subsequent combination]
Synonyms
editNative distribution areas
edit- Ethiopia.
References
editPrimary references
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editEnglish: Ethiopian Striped Mouse