Species of rodent
| Desert pygmy mouse |
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Conservation status |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification  |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Mus |
| Species: | M. indutus |
| Binomial name |
Mus indutus
(Thomas, 1910) |
The desert pygmy mouse (Mus indutus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.
Behaviour
The desert pygmy mouse is territorial, but it can be found singularly, in pairs or in groups. It is nocturnal. Its diet consists of grass and other seeds, as well as insects.
For Desert pygmy mice in captivity some cases of cannibalism were observed.[2]
References
- ^ Monadjem, A. (2008). "Mus indutus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13964A4372546. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13964A4372546.en.
- ^ Kingdon, Jonathan (Hrsg.): . Band IV. A & C Black, 2013, p. 481–482
- Namibian Tourist Guide: Animals
- Captive African Pygmy Mouse Diet
- Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Extant species of subfamily
Murinae (
Melasmothrix–
Mus)
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Melasmothrix
division | | Melasmothrix | - Sulawesian shrew rat (M. naso)
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Tateomys
(Greater Sulawesian
shrew rats) | - Long-tailed shrew rat (T. macrocercus)
- Tate's shrew rat (T. rhinogradoides)
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Micromys
division | Chiropodomys
(Pencil-tailed
tree mice) | - Palawan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. calamianensis)
- Indomalayan pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. gliroides)
- Koopman's pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. karlkoopmani)
- Large pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. major)
- Gray-bellied pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. muroides)
- Small pencil-tailed tree mouse (C. pusillus)
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Haeromys
(Pygmy tree mice) | - Ranee mouse (H. margarettae)
- Minahassa ranee mouse (H. minahassae)
- Lesser ranee mouse (H. pusillus)
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Hapalomys
(Marmoset rats) | - Delacour's marmoset rat (H. delacouri)
- Marmoset rat (H. longicaudatus)
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| Micromys | - Indochinese harvest mouse (M. erythrotis)
- Eurasian harvest mouse (M. minutus)
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Vandeleuria
(Long-tailed
climbing mice) | - Nilgiri long-tailed tree mouse (V. nilagirica)
- Nolthenius's long-tailed climbing mouse (V. nolthenii)
- Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (V. oleracea)
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| Vernaya | - Red climbing mouse (V. fulva)
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Millardia
division | | Cremnomys | - Cutch rat (C. cutchicus)
- Elvira rat (C. elvira)
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| Diomys | - Crump's mouse (D. crumpi)
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| Madromys | - Blanford's rat (M. blanfordi)
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Millardia
(Asian
soft-furred rats) | - Sand-colored soft-furred rat (M. gleadowi)
- Miss Ryley's soft-furred rat (M. kathleenae)
- Kondana soft-furred rat (M. kondana)
- Soft-furred rat (M. meltada)
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| Mus division | | Muriculus | - Ethiopian striped mouse (M. imberbis)
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Mus
(Typical mice) | - Subgenus Coelomys: Sumatran shrewlike mouse (M. crociduroides)
| - Mayor's mouse (M. mayori)
- Gairdner's shrewmouse (M. pahari)
- Volcano mouse (M. vulcani)
| | - Subgenus Mus: Little Indian field mouse (M. booduga)
- Ryukyu mouse (M. caroli)
- Fawn-colored mouse (M. cervicolor)
- Cook's mouse (M. cookii)
- Cypriot mouse (M. cypriacus)
- Servant mouse (M. famulus)
- Sheath-tailed mouse (M. fragilicauda)
- Macedonian mouse (M. macedonicus)
- House mouse (M. musculus)
- Mus nitidulus
- Steppe mouse (M. spicilegus)
- Algerian mouse (M. spretus)
- Earth-colored mouse (M. terricolor)
| - Subgenus Nannomys: Baoule's mouse (M. baoulei)
- Toad mouse (M. bufo)
- Callewaert's mouse (M. callewaerti)
- Gounda mouse (M. goundae)
- Hausa mouse (M. haussa)
- Desert pygmy mouse (M. indutus)
- Mahomet mouse (M. mahomet)
- Matthey's mouse (M. mattheyi)
- African pygmy mouse (M. minutoides)
- Temminck's mouse (M. musculoides)
- Neave's mouse (M. neavei)
- Free State pygmy mouse (M. orangiae)
- Oubangui mouse (M. oubanguii)
- Peters's mouse (M. setulosus)
- Setzer's pygmy mouse (M. setzeri)
- Thomas's pygmy mouse (M. sorella)
- Delicate mouse (M. tenellus)
- Gray-bellied pygmy mouse (M. triton)
| - Subgenus Pyromys: Ceylon spiny mouse (M. fernandoni)
- Phillips's mouse (M. phillipsi)
- Flat-haired mouse (M. platythrix)
- Rock-loving mouse (M. saxicola)
- Shortridge's mouse (M. shortridgei)
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- See also
- Aethomys–Chrotomys
- Colomys–Golunda
- Hadromys–Maxomys
- Oenomys–Pithecheir
- Pogonomys–Pseudomys
- Rattus
- Stenocephalomys–Xeromys
- Otomys
- Others
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Taxon identifiers |
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| Mus indutus | |
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| Mesembriomys argurus indutus | |
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