Dwarf multimammate mouse

Dwarf multimammate mouse
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Tribe:	Praomyini
Genus:	Serengetimys Nicolas et al., 2021
Species:	S. pernanus
Binomial name
Serengetimys pernanus (Kershaw, 1921)

The dwarf multimammate mouse (Serengetimys pernanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only member of the genus Serengetimys; it was formerly classified in the genus Mastomys . ^{[2] [3]}

It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is savanna, such as that present in the famous Serengeti National Park, which gave the genus its name. ^[4]

References

1. Granjon, L., Van der Straeten, E., Corti, M. & Agwanda, B. 2004. Mastomys pernanus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
2. Nicolas, Violaine; Mikula, Ondřej; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Šumbera, Radim; Bartáková, Veronika; Bryjová, Anna; Meheretu, Yonas; Verheyen, Erik; Missoup, Alain Didier; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Bryja, Josef (2021-10-01). "Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163 107263. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16307263N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263. hdl: 10067/1795280151162165141 . ISSN   1055-7903. PMID   34273505.
3. "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
4. "Čeští vědci popsali pět nových rodů afrických savců - Akademie věd České republiky". www.avcr.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-08-20.

• 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. 1367. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.