Mus proconodon

Rhoads, 1896

Ethiopian Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Murini
Genus : Mus
Subgenus : Nannomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Rhoads, S.N. 1896-12-08. Mammals collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during His expedition to Lake Rudolf, Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:517-546.

Original name as described

Mus (Pseudoconomys) proconodon

Type material

ANSP 3880

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sheikh Husein, Western Somaliland [= Ethiopia], Africa"

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

split from M. setulosus

Taxonomy notes citation

Bryja, J., Mikula, O., Šumbera, R., Meheretu, Y., Aghová, T., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Mazoch, V., Oguge, N., Mbau, J.S., Welegerima, K., Amundala, N., Colyn, M., Leirs, H. and Verheyen, E. 2014. Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14(1):256. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0256-2

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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