| Dwarf multimammate mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Praomyini |
| Genus: | Serengetimys Nicolas et al., 2021 |
| Species: | S. pernanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Serengetimys pernanus (Kershaw, 1921)
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The dwarf multimammate mouse (Serengetimys pernanus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only member of the genus Serengetimys; it was formerly classified in the genus Mastomys.23
It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is savanna, such as that present in the famous Serengeti National Park, which gave the genus its name.4
References
References
- Van der Straeten, E. (2016). "Mastomys pernanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T12863A22425834. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T12863A22425834.en. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- Nicolas, Violaine; Mikula, Ondřej; Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.; Šumbera, Radim; Bartáková, Veronika; Bryjová, Anna; Meheretu, Yonas; Verheyen, Erik; Missoup, Alain Didier; Lemmon, Alan R.; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Bryja, Josef (2021-10-01). "Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 163 107263. Bibcode:2021MolPE.16307263N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263. hdl:10067/1795280151162165141. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 34273505.
- "Serengetimys pernanus (P. S. Kershaw, 1921)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- "Čeští vědci popsali pět nových rodů afrických savců - Akademie věd České republiky". www.avcr.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Mastomys pernanus". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1367. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.