Hausa Mouse
Mus haussa (Thomas & Hinton, 1920)
Also calledHausa-Zwergmaus (deu) · Souris des Haoussas (fra) · Souris naine Haoussa (fra) · hausahiiri (fin) · mysz sahelska (pol) · Сенегальская мышь (rus) · ハウサハツカネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Novit. Zool. vol.27 p.319
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Nannomys. Body size, pelage color and pattern, and other morphological traits of M. haussa are very similar to those of M. tenellus (F. Petter, 1963 c, 1972 a; Rosevear, 1969), and F. Petter (1969) considered combining them; relationship between the two needs to be assessed by systematic revision of the M. tenellus complex. Chromosomal data (2 n = 31 - 34, FN = 38) reported by Dogigny et al. (2002), Jotterand (1972), and Matthey (1967 a). Ghana population reviewed by Grubb et al. (1998). Abundant in owl pellets reported from S Mali (Meinig, 2000).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Senegal (Duplantier and Granjon, 1992) and S Mauritania through Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, S Niger (Dobigny et al., 2002 b), and Benin to N Nigeria; limits undocumented.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Nannomys. Body size, pelage color and pattern, and other morphological traits of M. haussa are very similar to those of M. tenellus (Petter, 1963 c, 1972 a; Rosevear, 1969), and F. Petter (1969) came close to combining them. The relationship between M. haussa and M. tenellus needs to be assessed by systematic revision of the group.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Records are from Senegal and S Mauritania through Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, S Niger, and Benin to N Nigeria; limits unknown.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438781.