Petromyscus shortridgei
O. Thomas, 1926
Shortridge'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
Thomas, O. 1926-04. On mammals from Ovamboland and the Cunene River, obtained during Capt. Shortridge's third Percy Sladen and Kaffrarian Museum Expedition into South-West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926:285-312.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb01549.xOriginal name as described
Petromyscus shortridgei
Other common names
Kaokoveld Pygmy Rock Mouse · Shortridge's Rock Mouse
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.147
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/be2d83f6-3ab1-4f16-ade5-d3d83e46966aType locality
"Cunene Falls, N.W. Ovamboland, [southern Angola]. 3350' [= 1022 m]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Angola · Namibia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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