Nannomys
Introduction '''''Nannomys''''' is a subgenus of the rodent genus ''Mus'', the mice. They are known as the '''African pygmy mice'''. These species are native to sub-Saharan Africa, where they can be found in many types of habitat. There are 20 species.Species include:*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'')*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)*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)
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