Mastomys kollmannspergeri
| Kingdom |
Phylum |
Class |
Order |
Family |
| ANIMALIA |
CHORDATA |
MAMMALIA |
RODENTIA |
MURIDAE |
| Scientific Name: |
Mastomys kollmannspergeri |
| Species Authority: |
(Petter, 1957) |
Common Name/s:
| English |
– |
Kollmannsperger's Mastomys |
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| Synonym/s: |
Mastomys verheyeni Robbins & Van der Straeten, 1989
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| Taxonomic Notes: |
Mastomys verheyeni was treated as a junior synonym of M. kollmannspergeri by Musser & Carleton (2005), a classification confirmed by recent molecular and cytogenetic analyses (Dobigny et al. 2008). |
Assessment Information
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| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2009 |
| Assessor/s: |
Granjon, L., van der Straeten, E. & Hoffmann, M. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Amori, G. & Cox, N.A. |
| Contributor/s: |
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Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, local abundance, presence in a variety of habitats, and because there are no major threats.
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| History: |
| 2004 |
– |
Least Concern
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| 1996 |
– |
Lower Risk/near threatened
(Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
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Geographic Range
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| Range Description: |
This species is reliably recorded from northern Niger (Air Massif), north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, southeastern Chad, and southern and eastern Sudan (see Dobigny et al. 2008 for a review). |
| Countries: |
Native: Cameroon; Chad; Niger; Nigeria; Sudan |
| Range Map: |
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Population
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| Population: |
It is locally abundant.
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| Population Trend: |
Stable
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Habitat and Ecology
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| Habitat and Ecology: |
According to Dobigny et al. (2008), this species is ubiquitous in its habitat preferences, having been caught in various ecological situations including sandy millet fields, shrubby areas surrounding cultivated gardens, dried waterholes, remote and non-cultivated fine-gravelled plain or periodically flooded shrub to tree savanna. It has been trapped twice very close to shrinkage cracks where it seems to nest.
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| Systems: |
Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): |
There are no major threats to this species.
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Conservation Actions
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| Conservation Actions: |
It occurs in Zakouma National Park (Chad), where it is syntopic with M. erythroleucus. No direct conservation measures are currently needed for this species as a whole.
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