Lophuromys ansorgei

de Winton, 1896

Ansorge's Brush-furred Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1896-10. On a new rodent of the genus Lophuromys from British East Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(3):607-609.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200628

Original name as described

Lophuromys ansorgei

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1896.5.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a05e36c9-145c-41c3-8513-004e32ebf42d

Type locality

"Mumia's, Kavirondo, N.E. of Lake Victoria," Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Tanzania · Kenya · Angola

Taxonomy notes

the name major is tentatively included under this species based on morphological data and geographic proximity, however, the name may apply to another species in the sikapusi group

Taxonomy notes citation

Verheyen, W., Hulselmans, J. L., Dierckx, T., & Verheyen, E. (2002). The Lophuromys flavopunctatus Thomas 1888 sl species complex: a craniometric study, with the description and genetic characterization of two new species (Rodentia-Muridae-Africa). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique Biologie, 72, 141-182.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002868

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.

Lophuromys ansorgei

de Winton, 1896

Family

Muridae

Root name

ansorgei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.5.8.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a05e36c9-145c-41c3-8513-004e32ebf42d

Authority page

607

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200628

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002868) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Lophuromys major

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.177

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254842

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas & Wroughton (1907:382, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16293)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Lophuromys pyrrhus

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

pyrrhus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164823

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d4c4af8e-5d48-4a2b-862b-47aa8880b2de

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813466

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Lophuromys sikapusi manteufeli

Matschie, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

manteufeli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB A. 182. 11. 11

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

335

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43646809

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Lophuromys sikapusi pyrrhus

Setzer, 1956

Family

Muridae

Root name

pyrrhus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

533

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489219

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:533, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489219) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

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