Mastomys coucha

(A. Smith, 1836)

Southern African Multimammate Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Praomyini
Genus : Mastomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1836. Report of the Expedition for Exploring Central Africa, from the Cape of Good Hope, June 23, 1834, under the Superintendence of Dr. A. Smith. Government Gazette Office, Cape Town, 68 pp.

Original name as described

Mus Coucha

Other common names

Southern African Mastomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.19

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kuruman, between Orange River and Tropic of Capricorn, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola? · Namibia · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Mozambique · South Africa · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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