Serengetimys pernanus

(P. S. Kershaw, 1921)

Dwarf Serengeti 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 : Serengetimys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kershaw, P.S. 1921-10-31. On some new small mammals from East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(47):563-569.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196747

Original name as described

Rattus pernanus

Other common names

Dwarf Multimammate Mouse · Dwarf Mastomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.9.6.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8cb8fee1-4868-4da7-97be-b61ebfd30010

Type locality

"Amala River" (= upper course of Mara River), Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Mastomys to the recently described Serengetimys

Taxonomy notes citation

Nicolas, V., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Šumbera, R., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., ... & Bryja, J. (2021). Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: aMurinae) rodents: first fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107263.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003470

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Rattus pernanus

(P. S. Kershaw, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pernanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.9.6.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8cb8fee1-4868-4da7-97be-b61ebfd30010

Authority page

568

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196747

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Praomys pernanus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pernanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Mastomys pernanus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Muridae

Root name

pernanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

187

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12863/22425834) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Serengetimys pernanus

Nicolas, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Bartáková, Bryjová, Meheretu, E. Verheyen, Missoup, Lemmon, Moriarty Lemmon, & Bryja, 2021

Family

Muridae

Root name

pernanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

  1. Nicolas, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Bartáková, Bryjová, Meheretu, Verheyen, Missoup, Lemmon, Moriarty Lemmon & Bryja (2021:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58408)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003470) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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