Nannomys

Nannomys is a subgenus of the rodent genus Mus, the mice. They are known as the African pygmy mice.^[1] These species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, where they can be found in many types of habitat.^[1] There are 20 species.^[2]

Nannomys
Matthey's mouse (Mus mattheyi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Mus
Subgenus:	Nannomys Peters, 1876
Species
20, see text

Species include:^[3]

• Baoule's mouse, Mus baoulei (Ivory Coast to Guinea)
• Toad mouse, Mus bufo (Mountains of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and neighboring parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Callewaert's mouse, Mus callewaerti (Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo)
• Gounda mouse, Mus goundae (Central African Republic)
• Hausa mouse, Mus haussa (Senegal to northern Nigeria)
• Ethiopian striped mouse, Mus imberbis (Ethiopia) (formerly classified in its own genus, Muriculus)^[4]
• Desert pygmy mouse, Mus indutus (Southern Angola to western Zimbabwe and northern South Africa)
• Mahomet mouse, Mus mahomet (Ethiopia, southwestern Uganda and southwestern Kenya)
• Matthey's mouse, Mus mattheyi (Ghana)
• African pygmy mouse, Mus minutoides (Zimbabwe, Southern Mozambique, South Africa)
• Harenna mouse, Mus harennensis (southern Ethiopia)^[5]
• Temminck's mouse, Mus musculoides (Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the range of Mus minutoides)
• Neave's mouse, Mus neavei (Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to northeastern South Africa)
• Free State pygmy mouse, Mus orangiae (South Africa)
• Oubangui mouse, Mus oubanguii (Central African Republic)
• Peters's mouse, Mus setulosus (Senegal to Ethiopia and western Kenya)
• Setzer's pygmy mouse, Mus setzeri (Northeastern Namibia, Botswana, and western Zambia)
• Thomas's pygmy mouse, Mus sorella (Eastern Cameroon to western Tanzania)
• Delicate mouse, Mus tenellus (Sudan to southern Somalia and central Tanzania)
• Gray-bellied pygmy mouse, Mus triton (Southern Ethiopia to central Angola and Malawi)