Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Mastomys shortridgei
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mastomys shortridgei
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 shortridgei
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 shortridgei
Mastomys shortridgei: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mastomys shortridgei: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Karyotype (2n = 36, FNa = 50) similar to that of M. coucha (Granjon et al., 1997b). Taxonomy reviewed by Meester et al. (1986:285). Some workers considered shortridgei closely related to or the same as M. angolensis (see references cited in Meester et al., 1986). That species has five pairs of teats and most authors attributed the same number to M. shortridgei, but the latter has eight pairs (see references in Granjon et al., 1997b). This is also a significant distinction for the generic al...