Mus triton (Thomas, 1909)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 504-560 : 535

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scientific name	Mus triton (Thomas, 1909)
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Mus triton (Thomas, 1909) View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 4:548.

TYPE LOCALITY: Kenya, Mt. Elgon, Kirui .

DISTRIBUTION: Uganda; Kenya; Zaire; Malawi; Mozambique.

COMMENT: Petter and Matthey, 1975, Part 6.7:2, suggested that two species may be involved based on differing karyotypes. Possibly conspecific with mahomet ; see Yalden et al., 1976, Monitore Zool. Ital., n.s., suppl. 8(l):30.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011044027001.

References

Petter, F., and R. Matthey. 1975. Genus Mus, Part 6.7. Pp. 1 - 4, in The mammals of Africa: An identification manual (J. Meester and H. W. Setzer, eds.),. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D. C., not continuously paginated.

Yalden, D. W., M. J. Largen, and D. Kock. 1976. Catalogue of the mammals of Ethiopia. 2. Insectivora and Rodentia. Monitore Zoologico Italiano, Supplemento 8 (1): 1 - 118.