Myomyscus
Myomyscus | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Subfamily: | Murinae |
Genus: | Myomyscus Shortridge, 1942 |
Species | |
Myomyscus angolensis |
Myomyscus is a genus of rodent. Species in this genus are often placed in the genus Myomys Thomas, 1915, but the type specimen for Myomys is actually a Mastomys. Other species that had been previously assigned to Myomys are now considered to belong to the genera Praomys and Stenocephalemys.
Species
- Genus Myomyscus
- Angolan multimammate mouse, Myomyscus angolensis Bocage, 1890
- Brockman's rock mouse, Myomyscus brockmani Thomas, 1908
- Verreaux's mouse, Myomyscus verreauxii Smith, 1834
- Yemeni mouse, Myomyscus yemeni Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/7/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.