Acomys ngurui

W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Wendelen, Leirs, Corti, Backeljau, & E. Verheyen, 2011

Nguru 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

Authority citation

Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J.L.J., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H., Corti, M., Backeljau, T. and Verheyen, E. 2011-10-14. Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African _Acomys spinosissimus_ Peters 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae). Zootaxa 3059(1):1-35.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3059.1.1

Original name as described

Acomys ngurui

Other common names

Coastal Forest Spiny Mouse

Type material

RMCA 1996.037-M-5034

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Nguru Ya Ndege, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Mozambique?

Taxonomy notes

recently described based on specimens previously attributed to A. spinosissimus

Taxonomy notes citation

Verheyen, W., Hulselmans, J., Wendelen, W., Leirs, H., & Corti, M. (2011). Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys. Zootaxa, 3059, 1-35.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002858

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Acomys ngurui

W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Wendelen, Leirs, Corti, Backeljau, & E. Verheyen, 2011

Family

Muridae

Root name

ngurui

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1996.037-M-5034

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002858) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47806534/47806552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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