Petromyscus barbouri
Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938
Barbour's Pygmy Rock Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily | : Petromyscinae |
| Genus | : Petromyscus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Shortridge, G.C. and Carter, T.D. 1938-07. A new genus and new species and subspecies of mammals from Little Namaqualand and the North-West Cape province; and a new subspecies of _Gerbillus paeba_ from the Eastern Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 32(4):281-291.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891089Original name as described
Petromyscus barbouri
Other common names
Barbour's Rock Mouse · Namaqua Pygmy Rock Mouse
Type material
KM (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Witwater (Kamiesberg), Little Namaqualand," South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Africa
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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