Lophuromys flavopunctatus

O. Thomas, 1888

Buff-spotted 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

Thomas, O. 1888-06. On a collection of mammals obtained by Emin Pasha in Equatorial Africa, and presented by him to the Natural History Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888(1):3-17.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825427

Original name as described

Lophuromys flavo-punctatus

Other common names

Ethiopian Buff-spotted Brush-furred Rat · Yellow Spotted Brush-furred Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1860.5.4.101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f40b754-8e46-4e76-9d53-2ba23c34d153

Type locality

"Shoa [= Shewa Province]," Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002878

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 flavo-punctatus

O. Thomas, 1888

Family

Muridae

Root name

flavopunctatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1860.5.4.101

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4f40b754-8e46-4e76-9d53-2ba23c34d153

Authority page

14 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31825427

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47990318/22407469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lophuromys zaphiri

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

zaphiri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.1.41

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

304

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366565

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Neanthomys giaquintoi

(Toschi, 1948)

Family

Muridae

Root name

giaquintoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

KNM CMM 3207 (= "Index No. 1511")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

101

Authority publication

Journal of the East African Natural History Society

Name usages

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

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