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<emphasis id="C62A30D535DA9BC4F4CA576CA2D4D9F4" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) musculoides</emphasis>
Temminck 1853
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<emphasis id="89E0E813B6F494C98028ECC9A48A1D38" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) musculoides</emphasis>
Temminck 1853
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Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de 
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.
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<emphasis id="149871B06FFC45549AE33C7632C2B336" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1397">Type Locality:</emphasis>
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West Africa, &quot;Côte de 
<collectingCountry id="BF6D60AD641EFB903F1C2FB73CAF611A" name="Guinea-Bissau">Guine</collectingCountry>
.&quot;
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.
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<emphasis id="584A8EF47306266CFEBDFFEFCD9FB3A9" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1397">Vernacular Names:</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="0B190C0E7C928E510B880A264F48C16D" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1397">Synonyms:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0FB81403FBC391629972EB3AFEFEFC48" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) bella</emphasis>
(Thomas 1910)
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; 
<taxonomicName id="9AC0F86BDC20B6109B31D44B119F2E61" authority="Heller 1911" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="enclavae" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="DA1EAD17A5C22D9223D7AD6BBFD01212" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) enclavae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
; 
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<emphasis id="72BBA5F14F0B825EFC209AE4D4927237" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) gallarum</emphasis>
(Thomas 1910)
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; 
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<emphasis id="BC361D7A908665801AF1F77EE17B71F6" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) gondokorae</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="B09AA879B2DF349E2A9C26DA6CFF0CCB" author="Heller, E." refId="ref146395" refString="Heller, E. 1911. New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 56: 1 - 16." year="1911">Heller 1911</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="C7FC6524CCCCBF3287A860FA92AF5667" authority="(Thomas and Wroughton 1910)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas and Wroughton" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="grata" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="CD73B02FE10926618BE1EFD384863BA9" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) grata</emphasis>
(Thomas and 
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)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="6706674AA2BE241D3128272B2819E325" authority="(Cabrera 1924)" baseAuthorityName="Cabrera" baseAuthorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kasaica" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="15DADC644CB563AE83C1BA9005FA5D61" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) kasaica</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="412D61E9863D4C228B49453DDB835336" author="Cabrera, A." refId="ref48465" refString="Cabrera, A. 1924. Una nueva forma de caguan de la isla de Borneo. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 24: 128 - 131." year="1924">Cabrera 1924</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="B8AA96DD4A716A2C2D87E1B9E33700C2" authority="(Thomas 1918)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1918" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paulina" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="64E442810B459FF9CA5DE0EA720E73D3" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) paulina</emphasis>
(Thomas 1918)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="1B47ECB42638F6634E9AFE71AC456C36" authority="Hollister 1916" authorityName="Hollister" authorityYear="1916" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petila" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="2DEDA62A7634826A60C9E357ACB6AE9E" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) petila</emphasis>
Hollister 1916
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="58AE6575075CDA240BDBD8FC2E61DBB1" authority="Heller 1914" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="soricoides" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="A146D5661FCAF08E8D2EAF7150942ADD" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) soricoides</emphasis>
Heller 1914
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="B8451A79943FE55FFC96568D7A5561F6" authority="Heller 1911" authorityName="Heller" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sungarae" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="738FDAB20C156E32B5189C106A096115" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) sungarae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="0EDE66DEFA0B6CD79850529FBBDE8D16" authority="(Thomas 1918)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1918" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sybilla" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="6C551F084CBD7057AF4FE09D5F742376" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) sybilla</emphasis>
(Thomas 1918)
</taxonomicName>
; 
<taxonomicName id="C45EE46B5D46F134649E791A08D43EC3" authority="(Thomas 1910)" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1910" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageNumber="1397" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vicina" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="14EF60E080BE90367632BC8D9786E966" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus (Nannomys) vicina</emphasis>
(Thomas 1910)
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="20A7A520F908CB586390C41EAEC66572" pageNumber="1397">
<emphasis id="23966C52766D68F397598CD6087DDC38" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1397">Distribution:</emphasis>
Subsaharan Africa (including 
<collectingCountry id="D6BDD7EAEAA7431789E8DBE47B115033" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="A815984E3C68B83D023E7DE0E30223DD" name="Somalia">Somalia</collectingCountry>
) southward to contact with 
<taxonomicName id="7BF38318305060FBF0910B272C8BFAEA" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutoides">
<emphasis id="671E870083043DCA5F0E073C4D37A281" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. minutoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see preceeding account).
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<paragraph id="89FB8BE419F70358A80807A6ED1B2565" pageNumber="1397">
<emphasis id="7F48317A44A87866AAB2BD6D4F79D1C2" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1397">Conservation:</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="BF4F6B8985F80D84103F5F93AE1F68D4">IUCN</collectionCode>
– Critically Endangered as 
<taxonomicName id="77ED55E52E998FE5984510DB202B5C21" baseAuthorityName="Cabrera" baseAuthorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kasaicus">
<emphasis id="9EDD602B00522CE823FFB33723E3CFC0" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. kasaicus</emphasis>
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, Lower Risk (lc) as 
<taxonomicName id="4D89F76FCF2ED03AE7EE5EA8434FA0A6" authorityName="Temminck" authorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musculoides">
<emphasis id="12A5C609B6BBC008F2C8C128D4F1E35E" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. musculoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="ADBB75C037AF98A457AECBE9FCEAFE0B" pageNumber="1397">
<emphasis id="5A751EB9DFCCADA187AAC346404BB404" inLineHeading="true" pageNumber="1397">Discussion:</emphasis>
<paragraph id="6762AF4EBB134344EE221E9DE302ADF5" pageNumber="1397">
Subgenus 
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<emphasis id="5963A92D27B4ED286DFD0BE19AF891C9" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Nannomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Whether samples reflect only one or a complex of species is unresolved. 
<bibRefCitation id="3E4D924815BE4B092639A6E53D00B6E7" author="Meester, J. A. J. &amp; I. L. Rautenbach &amp; N. J. Dippenaar &amp; C. M. Baker" refId="ref236076" refString="Meester, J. A. J., I. L. Rautenbach, N. J. Dippenaar, and C. M. Baker. 1986. Classification of southern African mammals. Transvaal Museum Monograph, 5: 1 - 359." year="1986">Meester et al. (1986:283)</bibRefCitation>
noted that Van der Straeten &quot;regards 
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<emphasis id="3137A15DD637B801A077B83A9D0D94D3" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">minutoides</emphasis>
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as a complex of different species and considers East and West African taxa different from those occurring in Southern Africa.&quot; F. 
<bibRefCitation id="AD80F1916A9563439F050ED87AFC67CC" author="Petter, F. &amp; R. Matthey" refId="ref284593" refString="Petter, F., and R. Matthey. 1975. Genus Mus, Part 6.7. Pp. 1 - 4, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.),. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">Petter and Matthey (1975:3)</bibRefCitation>
recognized only 
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<emphasis id="7C85EBA4F66A28A1D0F8A9EF27733DCE" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. minutoides</emphasis>
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, noting that among all taxa referable to that species &quot;... it is still impossible to recognize those which morphologically merit specific rank.&quot; Karyotypes, however, are more revealing, and by using them F. 
<bibRefCitation id="B61021A80A42B37601975206A6831909" author="Petter, F. &amp; R. Matthey" refId="ref284593" refString="Petter, F., and R. Matthey. 1975. Genus Mus, Part 6.7. Pp. 1 - 4, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.),. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">Petter and Matthey (1975)</bibRefCitation>
could distinguish the typical South African 
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<emphasis id="D624A5893D5D2E9848AEF6DE03FC99A9" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">minutoides</emphasis>
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(2n = 18-19), populations from all of West Africa and a part of Central Africa (2n =18-34), and populations from southern East Africa (2n = 30). The taxon 
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<emphasis id="7DABDCC167BFA72AC108E3E139D55181" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">grata</emphasis>
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(or 
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) is often listed as a separate species (
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Hatt, 1940 
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</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="2679A6E56022B69BCDD39D22763E0FB8" author="Hollister, N." refId="ref157105" refString="Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184." year="1919">Hollister, 1919</bibRefCitation>
; F. 
<bibRefCitation id="EB2318CC476D43946D3F3AE3BE1E73B0" author="Petter, F. &amp; R. Matthey" refId="ref284593" refString="Petter, F., and R. Matthey. 1975. Genus Mus, Part 6.7. Pp. 1 - 4, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.),. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">Petter and Matthey, 1975</bibRefCitation>
). Unresolved also is the geographic distributionof 
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<emphasis id="53C31F4FB13A17D2A8FB110558128CF2" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. musculoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and the nature of the biological relationship between it and 
<taxonomicName id="9864369EF8FD4740C941701F9CC0C3FA" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutoides">
<emphasis id="4AFEB3F53D2E75801548CC9880DFD7ED" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. minutoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Samples from 
<collectingCountry id="60A7DDB427A05A41DDAC02B6A2B30870" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="FDB7DDB68E274F5FC0B92670DBFFD3E5" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
, for example, have not been critically studied to determine whether only one or both species are present (e.g., F. 
<bibRefCitation id="9376A0B0348D351C16BA67C038283312" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral, 1998</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="BE2A35F679D08ED2086F5DA6BAEDA348" author="Petter, F. &amp; R. Matthey" refId="ref284593" refString="Petter, F., and R. Matthey. 1975. Genus Mus, Part 6.7. Pp. 1 - 4, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.),. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1975">Petter and Matthey, 1975</bibRefCitation>
). The considerable chromosomal variation among samples from West Africa was documented by 
<bibRefCitation id="509F5115F65AE912208E28CE40521927" author="Jotterand, M." refId="ref177600" refString="Jotterand, M. 1972. Le polymorphisme chromosomique des Mus (Leggadas) africains. Cytogenetique, zoogeographie, evolution. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 79 (1): 287 - 359." year="1972">Jotterand (1972)</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="D3AF57B1D4D6FEBC20E10E645DAA65B3" author="Jotterand-Bellomo, M." refId="ref177671" refString="Jotterand-Bellomo, M. 1984. L'analyse cytogenetique de deux especes de Muridae africains, Mus oubanguii et Mus minutoides / musculoides: Polymorphisme chromosomique et ebauche d'une phylogenie. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 38: 182 - 188." year="1984">Jotterand-Bellomo (1984</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="F7B1C0709B2D46967A22A7C3ABC85DAE" author="Jotterand-Bellomo, M." refId="ref177712" refString="Jotterand-Bellomo, M. 1986. Le genre Mus africain, un exemple d'homogeneite caryotypique: etude cytogenetique de Mus minutoides / musculoides (Cote d'Ivoire), de M. setulosus (Republique Centrafricaine), et de M. mattheyi (Burkina Faso). Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 42: 99 - 104." year="1986">1986</bibRefCitation>
), and 
<bibRefCitation id="E7CCAA112EA534FE763E3E985676DA48" author="Matthey, R." refId="ref231500" refString="Matthey, R. 1967 b. Cytogenetique de Mus (Leggada) minutoides / musculoides. Temm, et de formes voisines: etude d'une population de Cote d'Ivoire. Archiv der Julius Klaus-stiftung fur Vererbungsforschung, Sozialanthropologie und Rassenhygiene, 42: 21 - 30." year="1967">
Matthey (1967 
<emphasis id="9A0A2DDEB936C53A08B3E85E081DFB1A" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">b</emphasis>
)
</bibRefCitation>
under the identification of 
<emphasis id="2C299D2E0A0804E0301BE70BC3CE71A4" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">
<taxonomicName id="D1A5373ED2963A1F87E16D580DF500AD" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutoides">minutoides</taxonomicName>
/ 
<taxonomicName id="AE4DDBD1311DAE165FC0386834C3B637" authorityName="Temminck" authorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musculoides">musculoides</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, a label that reflects current understanding of specific limits in this complex. Analyses of sequences from six genes indicate subgenus 
<taxonomicName id="3C296DF6C8A5B2684F49551BC5922A5F" authorityName="Peters" authorityYear="1876" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Nannomys">
<emphasis id="DCF13A8DACD54931E4E4198BDB3288EA" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Nannomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as represented by 
<taxonomicName id="E652C0C97F37F5AE35EB5E045DA57379" authorityName="Temminck" authorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musculoides">
<emphasis id="1ABCE21F74BCD373A7E0B5DC00686A5E" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. musculoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, is sister-group to subgenus 
<taxonomicName id="F9E362D5CF555C94900E85A92017F6CB" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1911" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="subGenus" subGenus="Pyromys">
<emphasis id="C447FD08505E1E41032863B02E49CFE5" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Pyromys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which in turn phylogenetically connects with subgenus 
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<emphasis id="F4110DB40969EAAADC934B90D89085B5" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="44E0ACDABA0FDFE78CF5756EB92E529B" author="Lundrigan, B. L. &amp; S. A. Jansa &amp; P. K. Tucker" refId="ref217846" refString="Lundrigan, B. L., S. A. Jansa, and P. K. Tucker. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Mus, based on paternally, maternally, and biparentally inherited characters. Systematic Biology, 5 (3): 410 - 431." year="2002">Lundrigan et al., 2002</bibRefCitation>
; as 
<taxonomicName id="41ACCE5A16593BFD96582BC7C2EB40FC" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutoides">
<emphasis id="6C47AE398A4A841D06C1C48A7A879DA9" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">minutoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
<collectingCountry id="CF822DE91B6FC45462CED4D4C71CF394" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="1E59938DD85806E7EAE773C3F6C3E17B" pageNumber="1397">
Pertinent reviews covering taxonomy, morphology, distribution, and biology are available for populations in 
<collectingCountry id="ABBAFEED3F80EEA3B90B39493B14083E" name="Senegal">Senegal</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="98A8E058B5E14462EA836F7224FFC6BC" author="Duplantier, J. - M. &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref90251" refString="Duplantier, J. - M., and L. Granjon. 1992. Liste revisee des rongeurs du Senegal. Mammalia, 56 (3): 425 - 431." year="1992">Duplantier and Granjon, 1992</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="F35018D054234D14F6F587017159498A" name="Gambia">Gambia</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="77B2E86493917724E030D9997FDA1347" name="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</collectingCountry>
, and 
<collectingCountry id="FBBD78785255695E5AB78DD033823011" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E244746DB63476B36400AD8F0462475A" author="Grubb, P. &amp; T. S. Jones &amp; A. G. Davies &amp; E. Edberg &amp; E. D. Starin &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref134571" refString="Grubb, P., T. S. Jones, A. G. Davies, E. Edberg, E. D. Starin, and J. E. Hill. 1998. Mammals of Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The Trendrine Press, Cornwall, 265 pp." year="1998">Grubb et al., 1998</bibRefCitation>
); Accra Plains of S 
<collectingCountry id="8509E517C03441E1ED45190BAAF88E2D" name="Ghana">Ghana</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="E88AFD9C16283F85A4A029A09D200DCE" author="Decher, J. &amp; L. K. Bahian" refId="ref77153" refString="Decher, J., and L. K. Bahian. 1999. Diversity and structure of terrestrial small mammal communities in different vegetation types on the Accra Plains of Ghana. Journal of Zoology, London, 247: 395 - 408." year="1999">Decher and Bahian, 1999</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="F24AB23C4E47CD7FD9DEB5C5500B0CC2" name="Nigeria">Nigeria</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="668DF74DCCBB8EB47BE738F4E13E2881" author="Happold, D. C. D. &amp; M. Happold &amp; J. E. Hill" refId="ref140352" refString="Happold, D. C. D., M. Happold, and J. E. Hill. 1987. The bats of Malawi. Mammalia, 51: 337 - 414." year="1987">Happold, 1987</bibRefCitation>
); West Africa in general (
<bibRefCitation id="E6D0E7F176E83C632B393FA314EE7BD3" author="Rosevear, D. R." refId="ref310288" refString="Rosevear, D. R. 1969. The rodents of West Africa. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 677: 1 - 604." year="1969">Rosevear, 1969</bibRefCitation>
); S 
<collectingCountry id="53ED72A7BAA71B3CD0AE3220942BF8BA" name="Sudan">Sudan</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="1AAD976A4D54B32422554E2D2ADDE67B" author="Setzer, H. W." refId="ref324018" refString="Setzer, H. W. 1956. Mammals of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 106 (3377): 447 - 587." year="1956">Setzer, 1956</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="543756B4AC51891FCBAFCD3022C4A1ED" name="Uganda">Uganda</collectingCountry>
and 
<collectingCountry id="947C8E69BC16628F7FC056C312752A77" name="Kenya">Kenya</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EBAE8153A3A7938490EF02DF17D038AA" author="Delany, M. J." refId="ref79476" refString="Delany, M. J. 1975. The rodents of Uganda. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London, 165 pp." year="1975">Delany, 1975</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="32AA4201D9D16FE5A0E7C5AC908D90A7" author="Hollister, N." refId="ref157105" refString="Hollister, N. 1919. East African mammals in the United States National Museum. Part II. Rodentia, Lagomorpha, and Tubulidentata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 99 (2): 1 - 184." year="1919">Hollister, 1919</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="453DE51CC1CB35C0F434B4B5FC6E533F" name="Tanzania">Tanzania</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="C777CDAD4B81D73527147AA91E4700E6" author="Swynnerton, G. H. &amp; R. W. Hayman" refId="ref345567" refString="Swynnerton, G. H., and R. W. Hayman. 1951. A checklist of the land mammals of the Tanganyika Territory and the Zanzibar Protectorate. Journal of the East African Natural History Society, 20 (6): 274 - 392." year="1951">Swynnerton and Hayman, 1951</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation id="643A04636C0F7A23A4CE7E55FC180CFD" author="Stanley, W. T. &amp; S. M. Goodman &amp; P. M. Kihaule" refId="ref339136" refString="Stanley, W. T., S. M. Goodman and P. M. Kihaule. 1998. Results of two surveys of rodents in the Chome Forest Reserve, South Pare Mountains, Tanzania (Mammalia, Rodentia). Zoologische Abhandlungen, 50 (11): 145 - 160." year="1998">Stanley et al., 1998</bibRefCitation>
; 2000, 2002); 
<collectingCountry id="6741A0643F0C7AD73DEC8810C7689222" name="Zambia">Zambia</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="67AC20B1E79033E3C8B91E513E461C1F" author="Ansell, W. F. H." refId="ref11178" refString="Ansell, W. F. H. 1978. The mammals of Zambia. National Parks and Wildlife Service, Chilanga, 126 pp." year="1978">Ansell, 1978</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="13FE7732CB4204D40F8EEB9162062F46" name="Malawi">Malawi</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="D9EA923353F124A53969C8405A5B78DB" author="Ansell, W. F. H. &amp; R. J. Dowsett" refId="ref11419" refString="Ansell, W. F. H., and R. J. Dowsett. 1988. Mammals of Malawi: An annotated check list and atlas. Trendrine Press, Zennor, St. Ives, United Kingdom, 170 pp." year="1988">Ansell and Dowsett, 1988</bibRefCitation>
); Dem. Rep. 
<collectingCountry id="E3E2694B76C1F970CC732C4E9E9F807C" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="379B106BB734D94E58EED7E14543D750" author="Misonne, X." refId="ref243324" refString="Misonne, X. 1974. Order Rodentia. Part 6. Pp. 1 - 39, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.). [issued 10 Sep 1974]. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated." year="1974">Misonne, 1974</bibRefCitation>
; specimens in 
<collectionCode id="948853DC08AC6F04A7934AB2A57A75B6" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" type="">AMNH</collectionCode>
); 
<collectingCountry id="09445A823526BA651048EC8DE0A89AC8" name="Republic of the Congo">Republic of Congo</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="6F821594EA3EB11EDC6244B1030CA42C" author="Dowsett, R. J. &amp; L. Granjon" refId="ref88477" refString="Dowsett, R. J., and L. Granjon. 1991. Ch. 18. Liste preliminaire des mammiferes du Congo. Pp. 297 - 310, in Flore et faune du bassin du Kouilou (Congo) et leur exploitation (R. J. Dowsett and F. Dowsett-Lemaire, eds.). Tauraco Research Report 4, Tauraco Press, Jupille-Liege, Belgium, 340 pp." year="1991">Dowsett and Granjon, 1991</bibRefCitation>
); 
<collectingCountry id="FF26986181583FE9299A581C5253FB65" name="Angola">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation id="10AAAE55F969EB9E144FF042D09CE3E8" author="Crawford-Cabral, J." refId="ref70924" refString="Crawford-Cabral, J. 1998. The Angolan rodents of the superfamily Muroidea: An account of their distribution. Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, Estudos, Ensaios e Documentos, 161: 223 pp." year="1998">Crawford-Cabral, 1998</bibRefCitation>
). Neither 
<bibRefCitation id="861DADB356BBC30761ADADDABE6C2D59" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock" refId="ref397218" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118." year="1976">Yalden et al. (1976</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="52DA45041D30BD1632DB4C3F393EB8DD" author="Yalden, D. W. &amp; M. J. Largen &amp; D. Kock &amp; J. C. Hillman" refId="ref397425" refString="Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, D. Kock and J. C. Hillman. 1996. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia and Eritrea. 7. Revised checklist, zoogeography and conservation. Tropical Zoology, 9: 73 - 164." year="1996">1996</bibRefCitation>
) nor 
<bibRefCitation id="4CC7D6CD64FD9A268291DE6EEC8423E5" author="Rupp, H." refId="ref312607" refString="Rupp, H. 1980. Beitrage zur Systematik, Verbreitung und Okologie athiopischer Nagetiere. Ergebnisse mehrerer Forschungsreisen. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 28 (2): 81 - 123." year="1980">Rupp (1980)</bibRefCitation>
recorded 
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<emphasis id="D97C136F9B2D723279D2106D48A6A279" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. minutoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
<collectingCountry id="BAFDDC2B97CEE14CD9ADF0A4E715BAE8" name="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</collectingCountry>
, but we have examined many specimens from that country (in 
<collectionCode id="467167551FA018DF01D54728943383BC">BMNH</collectionCode>
and 
<collectionCode id="C6CDE7C6C78C1040B8418E06615D4A98" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" type="Museum">FMNH</collectionCode>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="83BBBE39BBF9B3C12ED905E49EB57E88" pageNumber="1397">
The taxon 
<taxonomicName id="D643AC948550B4AF6B79EF66E9B7F1BE" baseAuthorityName="Cabrera" baseAuthorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kasaica">
<emphasis id="615CD8F56205A8E3D39ADD0C12FF1399" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">kasaica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<typeStatus id="5094431EC081F92B3B78250E3C130DF8">holotype</typeStatus>
from Dem. Rep. 
<collectingCountry id="2930EE5BD5F66DEBC866FFD58619D64F" name="Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion id="7567C0B652F9534F1F8224E7F45C611A" country="Democratic Republic of the Congo" name="Kasai-Oriental">Kasaï</collectingRegion>
Occidental Province, Kananga [= Luluabourg]) was originally described as a subspecies of 
<taxonomicName id="131C55F745E2010BB8DA796A89782A97" authority="(Cabrera, 1924)" baseAuthorityName="Cabrera" baseAuthorityYear="1924" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Leggada" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bella">
<emphasis id="D6B4E76D53BF455FDFD5AD2DDD10E3E2" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Leggada bella</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="A38896FE9A2EA1EA2B6BDC3DFA1207D7" author="Cabrera, A." refId="ref48465" refString="Cabrera, A. 1924. Una nueva forma de caguan de la isla de Borneo. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 24: 128 - 131." year="1924">Cabrera, 1924</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
, but subsequently treated as a species of 
<taxonomicName id="8D61B51C19661DA1BFB3DB43812869B9" baseAuthorityName="F. Petter and Matthey" baseAuthorityYear="1975" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="C0B4011D8DEBAE43C4B4D3E00740DE7E" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">Mus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belonging to the 
<taxonomicName id="38E08835E3D349429AED61E07DDDDE7F" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sorella">
<emphasis id="F8C75F25B4E91BE32F52DACE6757193C" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. sorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (F. 
<bibRefCitation id="55FB751002E8D80FDA4B65A4C40D6153" author="Petter, F." refId="ref284307" refString="Petter, F. 1981 b. Les souris africaines du groupe sorella (Rongeurs, Murides). Mammalia, 45: 313 - 320." year="1981">
Petter, 1981 
<emphasis id="D8D26CBEDE26C370525AC153D8C449D5" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">b</emphasis>
</bibRefCitation>
), an arrangement provisionally followed by 
<bibRefCitation id="A3A1A0706E47319DA74F6CDA257CE010" author="Musser, G. G. &amp; M. D. Carleton" refId="ref252333" refString="Musser, G. G., and M. D. Carleton. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501 - 755, in: Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., xviii + 1206 pp." year="1993">Musser and Carleton (1993)</bibRefCitation>
. We place it in the synonymy of 
<taxonomicName id="7E92F6A38643B9F6504368E98EA795EB" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1834" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minutoides">
<emphasis id="9C64A6BD1223DDF092FBD74B7CF475BF" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. minutoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
after Musser’s study of the 
<typeStatus id="7C08B4D25ED51C9129A3BC2D80F2E7B9">holotype</typeStatus>
graciously sent to him by Dr. Josefina Barreiro of the Museo Nacional de Sciencias Naturales, Madrid. The skin and skull exhibit all the morphological traits characteristic of 
<taxonomicName id="5E8DA9827DE2D70CE15C5A0C095E7C34" authorityName="Temminck" authorityYear="1853" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musculoides">
<emphasis id="4C70C22AD1A71F8289ACF59414872159" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. musculoides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and none of the diagnostic features peculiar to species in the 
<taxonomicName id="0C07BAFD0982E19508850F0F54559839" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1909" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Mus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sorella">
<emphasis id="7B1AE501DB13973D2356280E5A5C002F" italics="true" pageNumber="1397">M. sorella</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group
</paragraph>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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