Mahomet mouse

Mahomet mouse
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. mahomet
Binomial name
Mus mahomet Rhoads, 1896

The Mahomet mouse (Mus mahomet) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

It was described by Samuel N. Rhoads in 1896, who named it for Sheikh Mahomet, Ethiopia, where it was collected by A. Donaldson Smith.[2]

References

1. Lavrenchenko, L. (2008). "Mus mahomet". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13967A4373274. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13967A4373274.en.
2. Rhoads, Samuel N. (1896). "Mammals collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during his expedition to Lake Rudolf, Africa". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia: 532.

• 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.