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 verreauxii
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graaff, G. de
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-01-01 / 1981-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of Southern Africa
Page(s):
267
Publisher:
Butterworth & Co.
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-409-09829-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Myomyscus verreauxii
Myomyscus verreauxii: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Myomyscus verreauxii: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Least Concern
Comment:
Comments: A distinctive South African endemic confined to the fynbos biome (Mugo et al., 1995). Taxonomy reviewed by Meester et al. (1986); distributional and biological information provided by de Graaff (1981) and Skinner and Smithers (1990). Roberts listed measurements and treated verreauxii as a subspecies of 'Myomys colonus.' Analyses of complete mtDNA cytochrome b sequences (Lecompte et al., 2002b) and nuclear IRBP gene sequences (Lecompte, 2003) separates M. verreauxii from M. brockmani and M. ...