Mastomys
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Mastomys Fossil range: Late Pliocene to Recent |
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Mastomys awashensis |
Mastomys is a genus of rodent in the Muridae family. It contains the following species:
- Awash Mastomys (Mastomys awashensis)
- Southern Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys coucha)
- Guinea Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys erythroleucus)
- Hubert's Mastomys (Mastomys huberti)
- Verhayen's Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys kollmannspergeri)
- Natal Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys natalensis)
- Dwarf Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys pernanus)
- Shortridge's Multimammate Mouse (Mastomys shortridgei)
[edit] References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.