The Yemeni mouse (Ochromyscus yemeni) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.[3][4] It is found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.[3] It is the only modern member of the tribe Praomyini to be found outside of Africa.[5]
| Yemeni mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Ochromyscus |
| Species: | O. yemeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Ochromyscus yemeni (Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953)
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Myomyscus yemeni Sanborn & Hoogstraal, 1953 | |
It was initially described as a subspecies of Myomys fumatus in its 1953 description by Colin Campbell Sanborn and Harry Hoogstraal.[2]
Some parasites found on this species include the mite Laelaps nuttalli.[6] and the flea Xenopsylla cheopis.[2]
References
edit- ^ Cassola, F. (2019). "Myomyscus yemeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T14096A22416270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T14096A22416270.en. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Sanborn, Colin Campbell; Hoogstraal, Harry (1953). "Some mammals of Yemen and their ectoparasites". Fieldiana: Zoology. 34 (23): 241–242.
- ^ a b 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. p. 1415. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ Denys, Christiane; Lecompte, Emilie; Taylor, P. J. (21 July 2017). "Diagnoses and contents of new African and Eurasian Murinae (Rodentia, Muridae) tribes" (PDF).
- ^ Radford, Charles D. (1954). "Some Mites of Yemen: Collected by the Medical Mission of the United States Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3". Fieldiana: Zoology. 34 (28): 309.
Further reading
edit- Lecompte, Émilie; Granjon, Laurent; Peterhans, Julian Kerbis; Denys, Christiane (2002). "Cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the Praomys group (Rodentia, Murinae): a new African radiation?". Comptes Rendus Biologies. 325 (7): 827–840. doi:10.1016/S1631-0691(02)01488-9. PMID 12360851.
- Bryja, Josef; Mikula, Ondřej; Šumbera, Radim; Meheretu, Yonas; Aghová, Tatiana; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A; Mazoch, Vladimír; Oguge, Nicholas; Mbau, Judith S; Welegerima, Kiros; Amundala, Nicaise; Colyn, Marc; Leirs, Herwig; Verheyen, Erik (2014). "Pan-African phylogeny of Mus (subgenus Nannomys) reveals one of the most successful mammal radiations in Africa". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 12. doi:10.1186/s12862-014-0256-2. PMC 4280006. PMID 25496476.
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