Myomyscus verreauxi
(A. Smith, 1834)
Verreaux's Meadow Mouse
Distribution :
South Africa, Western Cape Province, from Olifants River in the west to Nature's Valley, Plettenberg Bay in the east.
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Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Muridae |
| Subfamily | : Murinae |
| Tribe | : Praomyini |
| Genus | : Myomyscus |
Species status
Authority citation
Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(2):145-160.
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Original name as described
Mus Verroxii
Other common names
Verreaux's Myomyscus · Verreaux's White-footed Rat · White-footed Mouse
Type locality
near Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Africa
Taxonomy notes
name often spelt 'verreauxii' with two 'i's, but although the original description of the name had two 'i's, it was also an in an incorrect originally spelling, which was 'verroxii', and Grubb (2004) deemed 'verreauxi' with one 'i' as a justified emendation of the original spelling (both spellings were included in the original publication naming the species), thus the single 'i' spelling is used here as it matches the corrected original spelling, although both spellings are commonly used in the literature at this point
Taxonomy notes citation
Grubb, P. 2004. Controversial scientific names of African mammals. African Zoology 39(1):91-109. a#35278
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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