Matthey's Mouse
Mus mattheyi F.Petter, 1969
Also calledMatthey-Zwergmaus (deu) · Souris de Matthey (fra) · Souris pygmée d'Afrique de l'ouest (fra) · Souris pygmée de Mattheyi (fra) · ghananhiiri (fin) · mysz ogrodowa (pol) · myš Mattheyova (ces) · Мышь Маттея (rus) · セネガルハツカネズミ (jpn)
First described in: Mammalia vol.33 p.118
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Subgenus Nannomys. This form has been recorded from Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Ghana (Duplantier and Granjon, 1992; Grubb et al., 1998; F. Petter, 1969; F. Petter et al., 1971; F. Petter and Matthey, 1975), but after studying large series (in MNHN and USNM) of the M. haussa and M. minutoides complexes from West Africa, we are unable to assign anything to M. mattheyi. The morphological traits used to distinguish M. mattheyi from M. haussa by F. Petter (1969) and F. Petter and Matthey (1975) vary in a continuous fashion from typical M. haussa morphology to that considered diagnostic for M. mattheyi. The status of M. mattheyi needs to be reassessed in a taxonomic revision of the group. A chromosomal complement of 2 n = 36, FN = 36 characterizes samples identified as M. matheyi and is considered primitive for African Mus (Jotterand-Bellomo, 1986; F. Petter, 1969).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Subgenus Nannomys. This form has been recorded from Senegal, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, and Ghana (F. Petter, 1969; Petter et al., 1971; Petter and Matthey, 1975), but after studying large series (in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle and the National Museum of Natural History) of the haussa and musculoides complexes from west Africa, we are unable to assign anything to mattheyi. The morphological traits used to distinguish mattheyi from haussa by F. Petter (1969) and Petter and Matthey (1975) vary in a continuous fashion from typical haussa morphology to that considered diagnostic for mattheyi. The status of mattheyi needs to be reassessed in a taxonomic revision of the group. A chromosomal complement of 2 N = 36, FN = 36 characterizes samples identified as M. mattheyi and is considered primitive for African Mus (F. Petter, 1969; Jotterand-Bellomo, 1986).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Muridae
conservation
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Mus mattheyi in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2438785.