Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Mus mahomet
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mus mahomet
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 mahomet
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 mahomet
Mus mahomet: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mus mahomet: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Subgenus Nannomys. Heller (1911) described emesi as a subspecies of M. musculoides, but Hollister (1919:96) and Hatt (1940a) treated it as a distinct species. Musser's study of Hatt's specimens from NE Dem. Rep. Congo (in AMNH) revealed they consisted of M. minutoides and M. sorella. The holotype of emesi and most of Hollister's other examples from Uganda do represent a species distinct from M. minutoides; in morphology and chromatic traits, we cannot distinguish the series of emesi from th...