Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Mastomys pernanus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Mastomys pernanus
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 pernanus
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 pernanus
Mastomys pernanus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Mastomys pernanus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Data Deficient
Comment:
Comments: Known by very few specimens. Ellerman (1941) listed pernanus as a distinctive species of Rattus in the subgenus Mastomys, but earlier G. M. Allen (1939) had treated it as a species of Myomys. Robbins and Van der Straeten (1989) claimed this a possibility. Misonne and Verschuren (1964, 1966b), however, discussed the problem and concluded that pernanus should be associated with Mastomys, an arrangement endorsed by Van der Straeten (1999). Van der Straeten (1999) studied and measured all known...