Lophuromys melanonyx

Petter, 1972

Black-clawed 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

Petter, F. 1972. Deux rongeurs nouveaux d'Éthiopie: _Stenocephalemys griseicauda_ sp. nov. et _Lophuromys melanonyx_ sp. nov. Mammalia 36(2):171-181.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1972.36.2.171

Original name as described

Lophuromys melanonyx

Type material

MNHN 1972-250

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Dinshu, Bale District, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002887

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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 melanonyx

Petter, 1972

Family

Muridae

Root name

melanonyx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1972-250

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:523, 524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:297) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold (2013:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002887) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12351/22408287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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