Mastomys natalensis

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,815 meters (0 to 9,236 feet).[1]

Ecology: In Central Africa it is very commensal, only occurring in areas where there are people. It tends to follow roads and is transported around Africa accidentally by vehicles.[2].

List of Habitats :

•     2     Savanna   
  
•     2.1     Savanna - Dry   
  
•     2.2     Savanna - Moist   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.5     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry   
  
•     3.6     Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.1     Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land   
  
•     14.2     Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
  
•     14.5     Artificial/Terrestrial - Urban Areas   
  
•     15     Artificial/Aquatic & Marine   
  
•     15.7     Artificial/Aquatic - Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels )   
  
•     15.8     Artificial/Aquatic - Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Mastomys hildebrandtii • Myomys fumatus

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Smith, A. Descriptions of Trichophorus flaviventris, Halcyon Swainsonii, H. senegaloides, Edolius Ludwigii, lamportornis rufiventris, and a new saurian (Brachydactylus typicus) from Swan River . South African Quart. J. 2 (2): 143-144, 1834.

Last scrutiny: 02-May-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Mastomys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 11 species and subspecies in this genus:

M. awashensis (Awash Mastomys) · M. coucha (Southern African Mastomys) · M. coucha coucha (Southern Multimammate Mouse) · M. erythroleucus (Guinea Multimammate Mouse) · M. hildebrandtii (Hildebrandt's Multimammate Mouse) · M. huberti (Hubert's Mastomys) · M. kollmannspergeri (Verhayen's Multimammate Mouse) · M. natalensis (African Soft-Furred Rat) · M. pernanus (Dwarf Mastomys) · M. shortridgei (Shortridges Mastomys) · M. verheyeni (Verhayen's Multimammate Mouse)

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Further Reading

• African Ixodoidea. l. Ticks of the Sudan... [Washington]1956. url p. 730, p. 793.
• Availability of Biodiversity Information for East Africa WCMC url p. 75, p. 76.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 235, p. 325, p. 326, p. 352, p. 353.
• Entomological news. [Philadelphia]American Entomological Society, 1925- url p. 31, p. 66, p. 68, p. 97.
• Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. Washington, Biological Society of Washington url p. 659.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 330.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 583, p. 589, p. 592, p. 602, p. 604, p. 614.
• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 144.
• Smithsonian year. 1975 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1965-1976. url p. 393.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 36 1976 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 126, p. 133, p. 137, p. 153, p. 165, p. 183, p. 190, p. 204.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Granjon, L., Lavrenchenko, L., Corti, M., Coetzee, N. & Abdel Rahman, E. 2008. Mastomys natalensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 02February2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

• BeBIF Provider: African Rodentia
• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Field Museum: Mammal specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Texas Tech University (TTU): Mammal specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 108444
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585321
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585321
• IUCN ID: 221921
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2685

Footnotes

1. Mean = 803.750 meters (2,636.975 feet), Standard Deviation = 902.330 based on 1,019 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. Granjon, L., Lavrenchenko, L., Corti, M., Coetzee, N. & Abdel Rahman, E. 2008. Mastomys natalensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 02 February 2012. [back]

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