Petromus A. Smith 1831

Petromus A. Smith 1831, South African Quart. J., 1 (5): 10.

Type Species: Petromus typicus A. Smith 1831

Synonyms: Petromys A. Smith 1834 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species with 15 subspecies:

Species Petromus typicus A. Smith 1831

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. typicus A. Smith 1831

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. ausensis Roberts 1938

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. barbiensis Roberts 1938

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. cinnamomeus Roberts 1946

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. coetzeei Cabral 1966

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. cunealis Thomas 1926

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. greeni Lundholm 1955

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. guinasensis Roberts 1938

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. karasensis Roberts 1946

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. kobosensis Roberts 1938

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. majoriae Bradfield 1936

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. namaquensis Roberts 1938

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. pallidior Lundholm 1955

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. tropicalis Thomas and Hinton 1925

Subspecies Petromus typicus subsp. windhoekensis Roberts 1938

Discussion: Originally named Petromus, but unjustifiably emended to Petromys by Smith (1834), see Swanepoel et al. (1980:161).