Mastomys erythroleucus

(Temminck, 1853)

Reddish-white 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

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

Original name as described

Mus erythroleucus

Other common names

Guinea Mastomys · Guinea Multimammate Mouse · Reddish-white Mastomys

Type material

RMNH.MAM.19206.a, RMNH.MAM.19206.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Guiné [= Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Morocco · Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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