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Mus harennensis Lavrenchenko & Bryja in Krásová, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Meheretu, & Bryja, 2022

Harenna Mouse

Authority citation: Krásová, J., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Šumbera, R., Meheretu, Y. and Bryja, J. 2022-06. A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 22(2):491-509.

Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x

Original name as described: Mus (Nannomys) harennensis

Nominal names: harennensis Lavrenchenko & Bryja in Krásová, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Meheretu, & Bryja, 2022


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Muridae -- Subfamily: Murinae -- Tribe: Murini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMMU S-164895

Type locality: "The upper belt of the Harenna forest, Bale Mountains National Park (06°45' N 39°44' E, 2760 m a.s.l.), Ethiopia."

Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Ethiopia (ETH)

Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated


Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Krásová, J., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Šumbera, R., Meheretu, Y., & Bryja, J. (2022). A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 1-19.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006634

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