Angolan Myomyscus
Myomyscus angolensis (Bocage, 1890)
Also calledAngola-Wiesenratte (deu) · Myomyscus d / Angola (fra)
First described in: J. Sci. Math., Phys. Nat., Lisboa, ser. 2 vol.2 p.12
The Angolan multimammate mouse (Mastomys angolensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was formerly classified in the genus Myomyscus but has been reclassified into the genus Mastomys.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Our inclusion of this species in Myomyscus is provisional. It has been placed in Rattus (Ellerman, 1941), Myomyscus (or Myomys) (G. M. Allen, 1939; D. H. S. Davis, 1965; Hill and Carter, 1941), Praomys (see references in Crawford-Cabral, 1989 b), or regarded as a species of Mastomys (Crawford-Cabral, 1989 b, 1998; Misonne, 1974). Ansell (1978) and Ellerman et al. (1953) thought it morphologically similar to M. shortridgei, which they treated as a subspecies of M. angolensis. In their review of Mastomys systematics, Granjon et al. (1997 b) transferred angolensis to Myomys and retained shortridgei in Mastomys. Incorporation of M. angolensis in phylogenetic analyses derived from morphological and molecular data is needed to clarify its relationship. Myomyscus angolensis is either sympatric (Hill and Carter, 1941; Crawford-Cabral, 1983, 1998) or altitudinally parapatric (specimens in FMNH from Mt Soque) with Mastomys natalensis in Angola. In a report devoted to the identity of Bocage’s Mus angolensis, Crawford-Cabral (1989 b) noted that the type series was destroyed by fire in the Lisbon Museum in 1978. According to the original description the specimens represented a speci
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: W Angola, primarily on the Angolan Plateau (Crawford-Cabral, 1998).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Angola, Capangombe, interior of Moçâmedes District, 527 m (additional information provided by Crawford-Cabral, 1989 b, 1998).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
activity
Activity patterns. The Angolan Meadow Mouse is nocturnal and terrestrial.
Muridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Myomyscus angolensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 4264894.