Myomyscus

Myomyscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Subfamily:	Murinae
Genus:	Myomyscus Shortridge, 1942
Species
Myomyscus angolensis Myomyscus brockmani Myomyscus verreauxii Myomyscus yemeni

Myomyscus is a genus of rodent. Species in this genus are often placed in the genus Myomys Thomas, 1915, but the type specimen for Myomys is actually a Mastomys. Other species that had been previously assigned to Myomys are now considered to belong to the genera Praomys and Stenocephalemys.

Species

• Genus Myomyscus
  • Angolan multimammate mouse, Myomyscus angolensis Bocage, 1890
  • Brockman's rock mouse, Myomyscus brockmani Thomas, 1908
  • Verreaux's mouse, Myomyscus verreauxii Smith, 1834
  • Yemeni mouse, Myomyscus yemeni Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953

References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.