Mus musculoides

Temminck, 1853

West African Pygmy 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

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835908

Original name as described

Mus musculoides

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26521

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26521

Type locality

"Côte de Guine," West Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea · Mali · Burkina Faso · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Cameroon · Chad? · Central African Republic? · South Sudan? · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003371

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Leggada bella vicina

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

vicinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.5.1.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99f252ba-907e-4c52-912a-166e7f53f614

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094507

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada bella gallarum

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gallarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.7.6.17

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

88

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094507

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada bella

(O. Thomas, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.7.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e5713954-03d5-46b9-9ef1-96a16b79a4a9

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094506

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:88, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada bella sybilla

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Muridae

Root name

sybilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.5.9.70

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a4c01127-6bcf-4b3f-a76b-a9f02e540eaf

Authority page

484

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15631213

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada grata

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.155

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/243c74cd-f321-4f12-aad4-d0053c538b56

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647723

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada paulina

(O. Thomas, 1918)

Family

Muridae

Root name

paulina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.1.24.27

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

485

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15631214

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus musculoides

Temminck, 1853

Family

Muridae

Root name

musculoides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26521

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26521

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835908

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:486) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #135725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #135725) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135725/22404663) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus bellus petilus

Hollister, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

petilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162397

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35a022b56-5909-4b19-9fdd-89faf62906eb

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29837590

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus gratus sungarae

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

sungarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:163487

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35bf05d30-3c67-4eb7-ae1c-fdd03de66dad

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813463

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus bellus enclavae

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

enclavae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164818

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33ea339af-3713-4361-8f52-d0297bb5165a

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813464

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus bellus gondokorae

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

gondokorae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164820

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f4b0eb09-092e-45cd-93dd-997f8ad06102

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813464

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus gratus soricoides

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

soricoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:183544

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/301ece9f1-bfc3-428d-91e8-16b95b2046fa

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816786

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus bellus

Dollman, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

bellus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472369

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Dollman (1914:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472369) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Mus gratus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

gratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:532) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Leggada bella kasaica

(Cabrera, 1924)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kasaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

222

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Leggada bella enclave

(Hatt, 1940)

Family

Muridae

Root name

enclave

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

542

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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