Taxonomy Profile: Mastomys (Thomas 1915)

Mastomys: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Genus
Synonym(s):
Myomys
Thomas 1915
Common Name(s):
Multimammate Mice []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Mastomys: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Mastomys
Multimammate Mice |
Mastomys Direct Children(s):
Mastomys coucha
(A Smith 1834)
Mastomys erythroleucus
(Temminck 1853)
Mastomys natalensis
(A Smith 1834)
Mastomys pernanus
(Kershaw 1921)
Mastomys shortridgei
(St Leger 1933)
Mastomys awashensis
(Lavrenchenko Likhnova and Baskevich 1998)
Mastomys huberti
(Wroughton 1909)
Mastomys kollmannspergeri
(F Petter 1957)
Mastomys: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Mastomys
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mastomys
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Mastomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mastomys
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Rosevear, D. R.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1969-01-01 / 1969-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of West Africa
Page(s):
604
Publisher:
Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History)
Publication Place:
London, England
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Mastomys
Mastomys: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mastomys: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Stenocephalemys Division. Historical taxonomic use of Mastomys as a genus or subgenus of either Rattus or Praomys summarized by Meester et al. (1986), Chevret et al. (1994), and Granjon et al. (1997b). Morphological (Lecompte et al., 2002a; Van der Straeten, 1979; Van der Straeten and Robbins, 1997), protein electrophoretic analyses (Iskandar and Bonhomme, 1984), DNA/DNA hybridization experiments (Chevret et al., 1994), analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences (Lecompte et al., 200...