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.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835907Original 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 specimen URI
https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19206.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19206.bType 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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