Authority citation: Shortridge, G.C. and Carter, T.D. 1938-07. A new genus and new species and subspecies of mammals from Little Namaqualand and the North-West Cape province; and a new subspecies of Gerbillus paeba from the Eastern Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 32(4):281-291.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891089
Original name as described: Petromyscus barbouri
Nominal names: barbouri Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938
Other common names: Barbour's Rock Mouse|Namaqua Pygmy Rock Mouse
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Nesomyidae -- Subfamily: Petromyscinae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: KM (number not known)
Type locality: "Witwater (Kamiesberg), Little Namaqualand," South Africa.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): South Africa (ZAF)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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