Brockman's rock mouse

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Brockman's rock mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Ochromyscus
Species:	O. brockmani
Binomial name
*Ochromyscus brockmani* (Thomas, 1908)
Synonyms
Myomyscus brockmani

Brockman's rock mouse, or Brockman's myomyscus (Ochromyscus brockmani) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.^[2] It is found in Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and possibly Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas.

References

^ van der Straeten, E.; Dieterlen, F. (2008). "Myomyscus brockmani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T45200A10984578. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T45200A10984578.en.
^ "Explore the Database". www.mammaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.

Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Extant species of subfamily Murinae (Stenocephalomys–Xeromys)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Mammalia
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae

Stenocephalomys
Division

Congomys

Heimyscus

African smoky mouse (H. fumosus)

Hylomyscus
(African wood mice)

H. aeta group: Beaded wood mouse (H. aeta) Mount Oku hylomyscus (H. grandis)
H. alleni group: Allen's wood mouse (H. alleni) Angolan wood mouse (H. carillus) Hylomyscus pamfi Stella wood mouse (H. stella) Walter Verheyeni's mouse (H. walterverheyeni)
H. anselli group: Ansell's wood mouse (H. anselli) Arc Mountain wood mouse (H. arcimontensis) Kerbis Peterhans's wood mouse (H. kerbispeterhansi)
H. baeri group: Baer's wood mouse (H. baeri)
H. denniae group: Montane wood mouse (H. denniae) H. endorobae H. vulcanorum
H. parvus group: Little wood mouse (H. parvus)

Mastomys
(Multimammate rats)

Montemys

Delectable soft-furred mouse (M. delectorum)

Myomyscus
(Multimammate rats)

Verreaux's mouse (M. verreauxii)

Ochromyscus

Praomys
(African
soft-furred rats)

Serengetimys

Dwarf multimammate mouse (S. pernanus)

Stenocephalemys
(Ethiopian
narrow-headed rats)

Uromys Division

Melomys (Banana rats)	Dusky mosaic-tailed rat (M. aerosus) Rossel Island melomys (M. arcium) Bannister's rat (M. bannisteri) Bougainville mosaic-tailed rat (M. bougainville) Grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. burtoni) Cape York melomys (M. capensis) Short-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (M. caurinus) Fawn-footed mosaic-tailed rat(M. cervinipes) Yamdena mosaic-tailed rat (M. cooperae) Dollman's melomys (M. dollmani) Manusela mosaic-tailed rat (M. fraterculus) Snow Mountains grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. frigicola) Seram long-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. fulgens) Riama mosaic-tailed rat (M. howi) White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (M. leucogaster) Papua grassland mosaic-tailed rat (M. lutillus) Manus Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. matambuai) Obi mosaic-tailed rat (M. obiensis) Pavel's Seram mosaic-tailed rat (M. paveli) Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat (M. rufescens) Buka Island mosaic-tailed rat (M. spechti) Long-tailed Talaud mosaic-tailed rat (M. talaudium)
Paramelomys	Gressitt's mosaic-tailed rat (P. gressitti) Long-nosed mosaic-tailed rat (P. levipes) Lorentz's mosaic-tailed rat (P. lorentzii) Thomas's mosaic-tailed rat (P. mollis) Moncton's mosaic-tailed rat (P. moncktoni) Long-nosed paramelomys (P. naso) Lowland mosaic-tailed rat (P. platyops) Mountain mosaic-tailed rat (P. rubex) Stein's paramelomys (P. steini)
Protochromys	Red-bellied mosaic-tailed rat (P. fellowsi)
Solomys (Naked-tailed rats)	Poncelet's giant rat (S. ponceleti) Florida naked-tailed rat (S. salamonis) Bougainville naked-tailed rat (S. salebrosus) Isabel naked-tailed rat (S. sapientis)
Uromys (Giant naked-tailed rats)	Giant naked-tailed rat (U. anak) Biak giant rat (U. boeadii) Giant white-tailed rat (U. caudimaculatus) Emma's giant rat (U. emmae) Masked white-tailed rat (U. hadrourus) Emperor rat (U. imperator) Bismarck giant rat (U. neobritanicus) Guadalcanal rat (U. porculus) King rat (U. rex) Great Key Island giant rat (U. siebersi) Vangunu giant rat (U. vika)

Xeromys Division

Leptomys	L. arfakensis Long-footed water rat (L. elegans) Ernst Mayr's water rat (L. ernstmayri) L. paulus Fly River water rat (L. signatus)
Pseudohydromys (New Guinea false water rats)	Bishop's moss mouse (P. berniceae) Huon small-toothed moss mouse (P. carlae) Laurie's moss mouse (P. eleanorae) One-toothed shrew mouse (P. ellermani) Mottled-tailed shrew mouse (P. fuscus) German's one-toothed moss mouse (P. germani) Eastern shrew mouse (P. murinus) Musser's shrew mouse (P. musseri) Western shrew mouse (P. occidentalis) Woolley's moss mouse (P. patriciae) Southern small-toothed moss mouse (P. pumehanae) White-bellied moss mouse (P. sandrae)
Xeromys	False water rat (X. myoides)

See also: Aethomys–Chrotomys; Colomys–Golunda; Hadromys–Maxomys; Melasmothrix–Mus; Oenomys–Pithecheir; Pogonomys–Pseudomys; Rattus; Otomys; Others

Taxon identifiers
Myomyscus brockmani	Wikidata: Q1767622 Wikispecies: Myomyscus brockmani BOLD: 359766 CoL: 454VD EoL: 4464593 GBIF: 4264892 iNaturalist: 74688 ITIS: 970859 IUCN: 45200 MSW: 13001590 NCBI: 485437

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