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GENUS Petromus

Author:A. Smith, 1831.
Citation:S. Afr. Quart. J., 1(5): 10.
Type Species:Petromus typicus A. Smith, 1831.
Comments:Originally named Petromus, but unjustifiably emended to Petromys by Smith (1834), see Swanepoel et al. (1980:161).
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SPECIES typicus

SUBSPECIES typicus

SUBSPECIES ausensis

SUBSPECIES barbiensis

SUBSPECIES cinnamomeus

SUBSPECIES coetzeei

SUBSPECIES cunealis

SUBSPECIES greeni

SUBSPECIES guinasensis

SUBSPECIES karasensis

SUBSPECIES kobosensis

SUBSPECIES majoriae

SUBSPECIES namaquensis

SUBSPECIES pallidior

SUBSPECIES tropicalis

SUBSPECIES windhoekensis

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