Mus mattheyi

Petter, 1969

Matthey's 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 : Nannomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Petter, F. 1969. Une souris nouvelle d'Afrique occidentale _Mus mattheyi_ sp. nov. Mammalia 33(1):118-123.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1969.33.1.118

Original name as described

Mus mattheyi

Type material

MNHN 1966-1899

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Accra, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Burkina Faso · Niger

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003368

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Mus mattheyi

Petter, 1969

Family

Muridae

Root name

mattheyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1966-1899

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

118

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13968) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13968/22404270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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