Felovia vae

Lataste, 1886

Felou Gundi

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Ctenodactylomorphi
Family : Ctenodactylidae
Genus : Felovia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lataste, F. 1886. Novi subgeneris et novae speciei rodentium, e genere Massoutiera diagnoses. Le Naturaliste 8(36):287.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33931217

Original name as described

Felovia vae

Other common names

Senegal Gundi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.3232, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.3233

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73afb70c-5167-4a92-a4f1-981e906d6032 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d44ac6d6-f82e-4bd1-91cc-4aded866d549

Type locality

"Felou … Senegalis" (= c.410 km north-west of Bamako, Mali).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritania · Senegal · Mali

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001186

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Felovia vae

Lataste, 1886

Family

Ctenodactylidae

Root name

vae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.3232, BMNH:Mamm:1919.7.7.3233

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/73afb70c-5167-4a92-a4f1-981e906d6032 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d44ac6d6-f82e-4bd1-91cc-4aded866d549

Authority page

287

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33931217

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Dieterlen (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9692)
  4. Happold (2013:635) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8548/22191482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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