Nannomys

{{Short description|Subgenus of rodents}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Mus mattheyi.JPG

| image_caption = Matthey's mouse (Mus mattheyi)

| taxon = Nannomys

| authority = Peters, 1876

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 20, see text

}}

Nannomys is a subgenus of the rodent genus Mus, the mice. They are known as the African pygmy mice.Veyrunes, F., et al. (2005). [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frederic_Veyrunes/publication/7786361_Molecular_phylogeny_of_the_African_pygmy_mice_subgenus_Nannomys_%28Rodentia_Murinae_Mus%29_implications_for_chromosomal_evolution/links/546b1af90cf20dedafd3e6db.pdf Molecular phylogeny of the African pygmy mice, subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus): implications for chromosomal evolution.] Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 36(2), 358-369. These species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, where they can be found in many types of habitat. There are 20 species.Veyrunes, F., et al. (2006). [http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/273/1604/2925.short Phylogenomics of the genus Mus (Rodentia; Muridae): extensive genome repatterning is not restricted to the house mouse.] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 273(1604), 2925-2934.

Species include:[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=970551 Mus (Nannomys) Peters, 1876.] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

• 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){{Cite journal|last1=Meheretu|first1=Yonas|last2=Šumbera|first2=Radim|last3=Bryja|first3=Josef|date=2015-02-01|title=Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119/html|journal=Mammalia|language=en|volume=79|issue=1|pages=15–23|doi=10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119|s2cid=87805083|issn=1864-1547|url-access=subscription}}
• 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){{cite journal |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358191168 |title=A new rodent species of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Muridae) confirms the biogeographical uniqueness of the isolated forests of southern Ethiopia |author1=Krásová, J. |author2=Mikula, O. |display-authors=1 |journal=Organisms Diversity & Evolution |publisher=Springer Nature |year=2022 |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=491–509 |doi=10.1007/s13127-022-00539-x|s2cid=246405287 }}
• 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)