Serengetimys pernanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Praomyini
Genus: Serengetimys
Species: Serengetimys pernanus

Name

Serengetimys pernanus (Kershaw, 1921)

• Holotype: BMNH 1921.9.6.15, subadult ♂, skin and skull, collected by R.B. Woosnam on 3 November 1912.
• Type locality: “Amala River (also called Mara River), which rises at Kubalolot Hill in the Sotik, Kenya Colony, and enters Lake Victoria Nyanza in the Tanganyika Colony at 1°30' S., 34° E”.

Combinations

• Rattus pernanus Kershaw, 1921: 568 [original combination]
• Myomys pernanus: G.M. Allen, 1939: 406 [subsequent combination]
• Rattus (Mastomys) pernanus: Ellerman, 1941: 213 [subsequent combination]
• Praomys (Mastomys) pernanus: Missone, 1971 [subsequent combination]
• Mastomys pernanus: Meester et al., 1986 [subsequent combination]
• Serengetimys pernanus: Nicolas et al., 2021: 10 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kershaw, P.S. 1921. On some new small mammals from East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 8: 563–569. BHL
• Nicolas, V., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Šumbera, R., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y., Verheyen, E., Missoup, A.D., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. & Bryja, J. 2021. 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Dwarf Serengeti Mouse