Verreaux's mouse

Verreaux's mouse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Praomyini
Genus:	; Shortridge, 1942
Species:	M. verreauxii
Binomial name
	Myomyscus verreauxii; (Smith, 1834)
Synonyms
	Myomys verreauxii (Smith, 1834);

Verreaux's mouse or Verreaux's white-footed rat (Myomyscus verreauxii) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Myomyscus. Other species that had been previously assigned to Myomyscus are now considered to belong to the genera Mastomys, Ochromyscus, Praomys and Stenocephalemys.^[2]^[3]

It is found only in South Africa. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

References

^ Relton, C.; Avery, M.; Palmer, G. (2017). "Myomyscus verreauxii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T45097A110021083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T45097A110021083.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ Nicolas, Violaine; Mikula, Ondřej; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Šumbera, Radim; Bartáková, Veronika; Bryjová, Anna; Meheretu, Yonas; Verheyen, Erik; Missoup, Alain Didier; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Bryja, Josef (2021-10-01). "Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163: 107263. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16307263N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263. hdl:10067/1795280151162165141. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 34273505.
^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[iucn_status_17_November_2021-1] Relton, C.; Avery, M.; Palmer, G. (2017). "Myomyscus verreauxii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T45097A110021083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T45097A110021083.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[2] Nicolas, Violaine; Mikula, Ondřej; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Šumbera, Radim; Bartáková, Veronika; Bryjová, Anna; Meheretu, Yonas; Verheyen, Erik; Missoup, Alain Didier; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Bryja, Josef (2021-10-01). "Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163: 107263. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16307263N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263. hdl:10067/1795280151162165141. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 34273505.

[3] "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

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