Acomys selousi

de Winton, 1897

Selous'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

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1897-04. On collections of rodents made by Mr. J. ffolliott Darling in Mashunaland and Mr. F. C. Selous in Matabeleland, with short field-notes by the collectors. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(4):798-808.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200854

Original name as described

Acomys selousi

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Essex Farm (Essexvale), Bulawayo district, Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Botswana · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Mozambique

Taxonomy notes

split from 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/1002861

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 selousi

de Winton, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

selousi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

807

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200854

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:937, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Wroughton (1907:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34063332) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68769)
  3. Roberts (1913:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  4. Shortridge (1934:305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002861) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47806307/47806352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Acomys transvaalensis

A. Roberts, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

transvaalensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 3593

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

252

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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