Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Mastomys coucha
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mastomys coucha
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 coucha
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 coucha
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1966-07-01 / 1966-07-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition
Page(s):
810
Publisher:
Alden Press
Publication Place:
Oxford, England
ISBN/ISSN:
0565004484/
Notes:
Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8727652
Reference for:
Mastomys coucha
Mastomys coucha: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mastomys coucha: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Characterized by 2n = 36, FNa = 52-56, and a distinctive hemoglobin electromorph, M. coucha occurs sympatrically with M. natalensis in some areas but allopatrically in other regions of the Southern African Subregion (de Graaff, 1997r); the latter is distinguished by a different hemoglobin pattern (Green et al., 1980), 2n = 32, FN = 54 (Volobouev et al., 2002b), and three isozyme markers (Smit et al., 2001). The two species also differ in cranial, phallic, and spermatozoal morphology as well...