Ethiopian striped mouse
Species of rodent
| Ethiopian striped mouse Temporal range: Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Mus |
| Species: | M. imberbis |
| Binomial name | |
| Mus imberbis Rüppell, 1842 | |
| Synonyms | |
| Muriculus imberbis (Thomas, 1903) | |
The Ethiopian striped mouse or striped-back mouse (Mus imberbis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is only found in Ethiopia.[1] It was formerly classified in the monotypic genus Muriculus, but phylogenetic evidence supports Muriculus being a subgenus within Mus, the true mice.[2][3] The Ethiopian striped mouse's natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ^ a b Lavrenchenko, L. & Schlitter, D. (2008). "Muriculus imberbis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13935A4366819. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13935A4366819.en.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mus imberbis Rüppell, 1842". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- 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. p. 1387. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Melasmothrix–Mus)
division
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| Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats) |
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division
| Chiropodomys (Pencil-tailed tree mice) |
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| Haeromys (Pygmy tree mice) |
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| Hapalomys (Marmoset rats) |
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| Micromys |
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| Vandeleuria (Long-tailed climbing mice) |
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| Vernaya |
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division
| Cremnomys |
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| Diomys |
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| Madromys |
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| Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats) |
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| Muriculus |
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| Mus (Typical mice) |
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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