Acomys johannis

O. Thomas, 1912

John's Spiny Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Deomyinae
Genus : Acomys
Subgenus : Acomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-02-01. Mammals of the Panyam Plateau, northern Nigeria.—II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9(50):269-274.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639029

Original name as described

Acomys johannis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.16.49

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3384a5db-436f-4466-951c-5bde544ee959

Type locality

"Kabwir, 2700' [= 823 m]," Bauchi Plateau, North Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mali · Burkina Faso · Niger · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002851

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.

Acomys johannis

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

johannis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.16.49

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3384a5db-436f-4466-951c-5bde544ee959

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639029

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #44938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #44938) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/44938/115201714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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