Mus (Nannomys) haussa Thomas and Hinton 1920

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1189-1531 : 1394

Mus (Nannomys) haussa Thomas and Hinton 1920

Mus (Nannomys) haussa Thomas and Hinton 1920 , Novit. Zool., 27: 319.

Type Locality: Nigeria, Farniso.

Vernacular Names: Hausa Mouse.

Distribution: Senegal ( Duplantier and Granjon, 1992) and S Mauritania through Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, S Niger ( Dobigny et al., 2002 b), and Benin to N Nigeria; limits undocumented.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Nannomys . Body size, pelage color and pattern, and other morphological traits of M. haussa are very similar to those of M. tenellus (F. Petter, 1963 c, 1972 a; Rosevear, 1969), and F. Petter (1969) considered combining them; relationship between the two needs to be assessed by systematic revision of the M. tenellus complex. Chromosomal data (2n = 31-34, FN = 38) reported by Dogigny et al. (2002), Jotterand (1972), and Matthey (1967 a). Ghana population reviewed by Grubb et al. (1998). Abundant in owl pellets reported from S Mali ( Meinig, 2000).