Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Mus bufo
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mus bufo
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:
Mus bufo
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:
Mus bufo
Mus bufo: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mus bufo: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Nannomys. In body size and morphology, M. bufo superficially resembles the large-bodied M. triton, but they are distinguished by dental traits and tail length (F. Petter and Matthey, 1975) as well as karyotypes (Robbins and Baker, 1978), and occur together in the Kivu region of E Dem. Rep. Congo (specimens in AMNH). Electrophoretic analysis of 19 protein enzymes at 24 loci indicated M. bufo to be more closely related to M. gratus (= M. minutoides) than to M. triton (Van Rompaey et ...