Mastomys kollmannspergeri

(Petter, 1957)

Kollmannsperger'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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Petter, F. 1957. Remarques sur la systématique des Rattus africains et description d'une forme nouvelle de l'Air. Mammalia 21(2):125-132.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1957.21.2.125

Original name as described

Rattus (Mastomys) natalensis kollmannspergeri

Other common names

Kollmannsperger's Mastomys

Type material

MNHN 1957-37

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

150 km north of Agadez, northern Niger.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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