Mus setzeri

Petter, 1978

Setzer'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. 1978-12-31. Une souris nouvelle du sud de l'Afrique : _Mus setzeri_ sp. nov. Mammalia 42(3):377-379.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1978.42.3.377

Original name as described

Mus setzeri

Other common names

Setzer's Pygmy Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:428742

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f0c989bd-a925-44f1-9c80-d94470dbb859

Type locality

82 km west of Mohembo, Botswana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Zambia · Namibia · Botswana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003381

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 setzeri

Petter, 1978

Family

Muridae

Root name

setzeri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:428742

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f0c989bd-a925-44f1-9c80-d94470dbb859

Authority page

377

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:534) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:794) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13981/115118829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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