Mus cypriacus
Cucchi, A. Orth, J.-C. Auffray, Renaud, L. Fabre, J. Catalan, Hadjisterkotis, Bonhomme, & Vigne, 2006
Cypriot Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Murini |
| Genus | : Mus |
| Subgenus | : Mus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Cucchi, T., Orth, A., Auffray, J.-C., Renaud, S., Fabre, L., Catalan, J., Hadjisterkotis, E., Bonhomme, F. and Vigne, J.-D. 2006-06-23. A new endemic species of the subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus. Zootaxa 1241:1-36.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1241.1.1Original name as described
Mus cypriacus
Other common names
Cyprus Mouse
Type material
MNHN 2005-988
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Alassa village, Cyprus.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Cyprus
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Cucchi, T., Orth, A., Auffray, J. C., Renaud, S., Fabre, L., Catalan, J., ... & Vigne, J. D. (2006). A new endemic species of the subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus. Zootaxa, (1241), 1-36.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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