Petromyscus barbouri
Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938
Barbour's Pygmy Rock Mouse
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Nesomyidae |
| Subfamily | : Petromyscinae |
| Tribe | : Petromyscini |
| Genus | : Petromyscus |
Species status
Authority citation
Shortridge, G.C. and Carter, T.D. 1938-07. A new genus and new species and subspecies of mammals from Little Namaqualand and the North-West Cape province; and a new subspecies of Gerbillus paeba from the Eastern Cape Province. Annals of the South African Museum 32(4):281-291.
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Original name as described
Petromyscus barbouri
Other common names
Barbour's Rock Mouse · Namaqua Pygmy Rock Mouse
Type material
KM (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Witwater (Kamiesberg), Little Namaqualand, " South Africa.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
South Africa
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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