Petromus typicus A. Smith 1831

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Petromuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1544-1545 : 1544

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11326150

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scientific name

Petromus typicus A. Smith 1831
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Petromus typicus A. Smith 1831 View in CoL

Petromus typicus A. Smith 1831 View in CoL , South African Quart. J., 1 (5): 11.

Type Locality: South Africa, "Mountains toward mouth of Orange River".

Vernacular Names: Dassie Rat.

Subspecies: :

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

Distribution: W South Africa, Namibia, to SW Angola.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Fifteen subspecies have been named but no attempt has been made to assess their validity or geographic limits, but see Roberts (1951). Karyotype has 2n=56 and FN=112 ( George, 1980).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Petromuridae

Genus

Petromus

Loc

Petromus typicus A. Smith 1831

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Petromus typicus

A. Smith 1831: 11
1831
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