Mastomys huberti
(Wroughton, 1908)
Hubert's 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
Authority citation
Wroughton, R.C. 1908-03-01. Three new African species of Mus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)1(3):255-257.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295976Original name as described
Mus huberti
Other common names
Hubert's Mastomys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1904.7.9.18
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"N. Nigeria (type from Zungeru)."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Nigeria? · Niger? · Senegal · Gambia? · Guinea-Bissau? · Guinea · Mauritania · Mali · Burkina Faso?
Taxonomy notes
there is some uncertainty regarding the identity of the type specimen, which may represent M. natalensis; this would make huberti a synonym of natalensis and a new name would have to be described for this species
Taxonomy notes citation
Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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