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:
Myomyscus angolensis
Myomyscus angolensis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Myomyscus angolensis: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc) as Mastomys angolensis
Comment:
Comments: Our inclusion of this species in Myomyscus is provisional. It has been placed in Rattus (Ellerman, 1941), Myomyscus (or Myomys) (G. M. Allen, 1939; D. H. S. Davis, 1965; Hill and Carter, 1941), Praomys (see references in Crawford-Cabral, 1989b), or regarded as a species of Mastomys (Crawford-Cabral, 1989b, 1998; Misonne, 1974). Ansell (1978) and Ellerman et al. (1953) thought it morphologically similar to M. shortridgei, which they treated as a subspecies of M. angolensis. In their review o...