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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Muridae
--> SUBFAMILY Murinae
--> GENUS Mus
--> SUBGENUS Nannomys
SPECIES Mus (Nannomys) goundae
Author: | F. Petter and Genest, 1970. | Citation: | Mammalia, 34: 455. | Common Name: | Gounda Mouse | Type Locality: | Central African Republic, vicinity of Gounda River (F. Petter, 1981b, provided coordinates). | Distribution: | Recorded only from the vicinity of the type locality (Jotterand, 1972); limits unknown. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Subgenus Nannomys. F. Petter (1981b) treated M. goundae as a species related to others in the M. sorella group, but the nature of that alliance remains unresolved (see account of M. sorella). Chromosomal data reported by Jotterand (1972). |
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