Thomas’s Mouse

Thomas’s MouseThis African pygmy mouse was described from the Mount Elgon area of Kenya. Recent work notes that some specimens may be difficult to distinguish from closely related species, so its classification still needs study.What does it look like?A 2014 paper describes the sorella group as relatively large among African pygmy mice. This applies to the group and is not a diagnostic trait for M. sorella alone.How does it live?This African pygmy mouse was described from the Mount Elgon area of Kenya. Recent work notes that some specimens may be difficult to distinguish from closely related species, so its classification still needs study.The paper describes the sorella group as occurring in Congo Basin forest-savanna transition zones. It also cautions that some specimens assigned to M. sorella may belong to other species.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.