Mus (Nannomys)
Subgenus of rodents
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Nannomys is a subgenus of the rodent genus Mus, the mice. They are known as the African pygmy mice.[1] These species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, where they can be found in many types of habitat.[1] There are 20 species.[2]
| Mus (Nannomys) | |
|---|---|
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| Matthey's mouse (Mus mattheyi) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Mus |
| Subgenus: | Nannomys Peters, 1876 |
| Species | |
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20, see text | |
Species include:[3]
- Baoule's mouse, Mus baoulei (Ivory Coast to Guinea)
- Toad mouse, Mus bufo (Mountains of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and neighboring parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Callewaert's mouse, Mus callewaerti (Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo)
- Gounda mouse, Mus goundae (Central African Republic)
- Hausa mouse, Mus haussa (Senegal to northern Nigeria)
- Ethiopian striped mouse, Mus imberbis (Ethiopia) (formerly classified in its own genus, Muriculus)[4]
- Desert pygmy mouse, Mus indutus (Southern Angola to western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa)
- Mahomet mouse, Mus mahomet (Ethiopia, southwestern Uganda and southwestern Kenya)
- Matthey's mouse, Mus mattheyi (Ghana)
- African pygmy mouse, Mus minutoides (Zimbabwe, Southern Mozambique, South Africa)
- Harenna mouse, Mus harennensis (southern Ethiopia)[5]
- Temminck's mouse, Mus musculoides (Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the range of Mus minutoides)
- Neave's mouse, Mus neavei (Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to northeastern South Africa)
- Free State pygmy mouse, Mus orangiae (South Africa)
- Oubangui mouse, Mus oubanguii (Central African Republic)
- Peters's mouse, Mus setulosus (Senegal to Ethiopia and western Kenya)
- Setzer's pygmy mouse, Mus setzeri (Northeastern Namibia, Botswana, and western Zambia)
- Thomas's pygmy mouse, Mus sorella (Eastern Cameroon to western Tanzania)
- Delicate mouse, Mus tenellus (Sudan to southern Somalia and central Tanzania)
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse, Mus triton (Southern Ethiopia to central Angola and Malawi)
