Petromyscus shortridgei Thomas 1926

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Nesomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 930-955 : 955

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scientific name

Petromyscus shortridgei Thomas 1926
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Petromyscus shortridgei Thomas 1926 View in CoL

Petromyscus shortridgei Thomas 1926 View in CoL , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1926: 302.

Type Locality: Extreme S Angola, Ruacana Falls, 3350 ft (1021 m).

Vernacular Names: Shortridge's Pygmy Rock Mouse.

Distribution: W and S Angola and N Namibia (S to Erongo Mtns and Okahandja region); limits unknown.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Skinner and Smithers (1990) and de Graaff (1997 ll). Roberts (1951) treated shortridgei as a subspecies of P. bruchus , and Meester et al. (1986) listed it as a subspecies of P. collinus . However, Thomas’ species description correctly expressed the distinctness of the animal; also see Schlitter (in Meester et al., 1986) and Skinner and Smithers (1990). The larger size of P. shortridgei , darker fur with a less silky texture, and lack of postaxillary teats clearly separate it from P. collinus , a judgement based upon AMNH and FMNH specimens, which also inform our estimate of its geographic range. Crawford-Cabral (1998) recorded P. shortridgei only from the vicinity of Ruacana Falls, S Angola near the Namibia border, and speculated that the specimen ( AMNH 81915) from farther north at Coporolo represented P. collinus . External and cranial morphology of the Coporolo specimen falls within the range of variation in P. shortridgei (as identified by Hill and Carter, 1941:104), not P. collinus . The two species overlap in distribution in SW Angola and N Namibia but have not been collected at the same place.

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

FMNH

Field Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Nesomyidae

Genus

Petromyscus

Loc

Petromyscus shortridgei Thomas 1926

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Petromyscus shortridgei

Thomas 1926: 302
1926
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