Myomyscus

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Myomyscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Subfamily: Murinae Genus: Myomyscus Shortridge, 1942
Species
Myomyscus angolensis Myomyscus brockmani Myomyscus verreauxii Myomyscus yemeni

Myomyscus is a genus of rodent. Species in this genus are often placed in the genus Myomys Thomas, 1915, but the type specimen for Myomys is actually a Mastomys. Other species that had been previously assigned to Myomys are now considered to belong to the genera Praomys and Stenocephalemys.

[edit] Species

• Genus Myomyscus
  • Myomyscus angolensis (Bocage, 1890) - Angolan Multimammate Mouse
  • Myomyscus brockmani (Thomas, 1908) - Brockman's Myomyscus
  • Myomyscus verreauxii (Smith, 1834) - Verreaux's Mouse
  • Myomyscus yemeni Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953 - Yemeni Mouse

[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.