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]

Nannomys
Matthey's mouse (Mus mattheyi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Nannomys
Peters, 1876
Species

20, see text

Species include:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Veyrunes, F., et al. (2005). Molecular phylogeny of the African pygmy mice, subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus): implications for chromosomal evolution. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 36(2), 358-369.
  2. ^ Veyrunes, F., et al. (2006). Phylogenomics of the genus Mus (Rodentia; Muridae): extensive genome repatterning is not restricted to the house mouse. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 273(1604), 2925-2934.
  3. ^ Mus (Nannomys) Peters, 1876. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  4. ^ Meheretu, Yonas; Šumbera, Radim; Bryja, Josef (2015-02-01). "Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus". Mammalia. 79 (1): 15–23. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119. ISSN 1864-1547. S2CID 87805083.
  5. ^ Krásová, J.; et al. (2022). "A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 22 (2). Springer Nature: 491–509. doi:10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x. S2CID 246405287.