Yemeni mouse

Yemeni mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Muridae
Genus:Myomyscus
Species: M. yemeni
Binomial name
Myomyscus yemeni
Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953
Synonyms

Myomys fumatus yemeni Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953[2]

The Yemeni mouse (Myomyscus yemeni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[3] It is found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[3]

It was initially described as a subspecies of Myomys fumatus in its 1953 description by Colin Campbell Sanborn and Harry Hoogstraal.[2]

Some parasites found on this species include the mite Laelaps nuttalli.[4] and the flea Xenopsylla cheopis.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Stuart, S.N. (2008). "Myomyscus yemeni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T14096A4389688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14096A4389688.en. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Sanborn, Colin Campbell; Hoogstraal, Harry (1953). "Some mammals of Yemen and their ectoparasites". Fieldiana: Zoology. 34 (23): 241–242.
  3. 1 2 Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1415. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  4. ↑ Radford, Charles D. (1954). "Some Mites of Yemen: Collected by the Medical Mission of the United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3". Fieldiana: Zoology. 34 (28): 309.

Further reading

  • Lecompte, Émilie; Granjon, Laurent; Peterhans, Julian Kerbis; Denys, Christiane (2002). "Cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae): a new African radiation?" (PDF). Comptes Rendus Biologies. 325 (7): 827–840. doi:10.1016/S1631-0691(02)01488-9.
  • Bryja, Josef; Mikula, Ondřej; Šumbera, Radim; Meheretu, Yonas; Aghová, Tatiana; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A; Mazoch, Vladimír; Oguge, Nicholas; Mbau, Judith S; Welegerima, Kiros; Amundala, Nicaise; Colyn, Marc; Leirs, Herwig; Verheyen, Erik (2014). "Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 12. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0256-2.


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