Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834)

Denys, Christiane, Missoup, Alain Didier, Nicolas, Violaine, Sylla, Morlaye, Douno, Mory, Kadjo, Blaise, Lalis, Aude & Monadjem, Ara, 2025, Annotated checklist of rodents from a biodiversity hotspot, Mount Nimba (West Africa), Zoosystema 47 (27), pp. 617-689 : 647

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a27
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17441387
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scientific name	Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834)
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Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834) View in CoL

Mus natalensis A. Smith, 1834: 156 .

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Mastomys natalensis View in CoL is very common in anthropogenic habitats of the forested Guinea ( Lalis et al. 2009, 2012). Its was reported by Misonne & Verschuren (1976) in Liberia but they did not collect them. Heim de Balsac & Lamotte (1958) also report it from all Nimba localities but we found this species only on the Guinean side of Mount Nimba.

The specimens display the same body size and tail proportion as the other Guinean specimens ( Table 7 View TABLE ). They are slightly smaller than M. erythroleucus View in CoL . Mastomys natalensis View in CoL specimens are slightly smaller than M. erythroleucus View in CoL , and their molar rows are also on average smaller than those of M. erythroleucus View in CoL ( Table 8 View TABLE ). Representatives of this species display very similar morphology compared to M. erythroleucus View in CoL , except that M. natalensis View in CoL haS smaller molar rows and the upper M3/3 with a single cusp (instead of two) on the posterior lobe of the upper M3/.