Species of rodent
Matthey's mouse |
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Conservation status |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png) Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Mus |
Species: | M. mattheyi |
Binomial name |
Mus mattheyi
Petter, 1969 |
Matthey's mouse (Mus mattheyi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. Matthey's mouse was first described by Francis Petter (1923–2012) in 1969 and was named after Robert Matthey (1900–1982).
It is found in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Mali, Senegal, Togo, and possibly also in Benin, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau.
Its natural habitat is moist savanna.
References
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (
Melasmothrix–
Mus)
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Melasmothrix division | Melasmothrix | - Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
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Tateomys (Greater Sulawesian shrew rats) | - Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
- Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)
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Micromys division | Chiropodomys (Pencil-tailed tree mice) | - Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
- Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
- Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
- Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
- Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
- Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
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Haeromys (Pygmy tree mice) | - Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
- Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
- Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
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Hapalomys (Marmoset rats) | - Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
- Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
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Micromys | - Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
- Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
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Vandeleuria (Long-tailed climbing mice) | - Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
- Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
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Vernaya | - Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)
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Millardia division | Cremnomys | - Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
- Elvira rat (C. elvira)
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Diomys | - Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
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Madromys | - Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
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Millardia (Asian soft-furred rats) | - Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
- Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
- Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
- Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)
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Mus division | Muriculus | - Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)
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Mus (Typical mice) | - Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
| - Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
- Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
- Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
| | - Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
- Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
- Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
- Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
- Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
- Servant mouse (M. famulus)
- Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
- Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
- House mouse (M. musculus)
- Mus nitidulus
- Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
- Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
- Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
| - Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
- Toad mouse (M. bufo)
- Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
- Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
- Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
- Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
- Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
- Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
- African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
- Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
- Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
- Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
- Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
- Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
- Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
- Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
- Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
| - Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
- Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
- Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
- Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
- Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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Taxon identifiers |
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Mus mattheyi | |
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