Lophuromys nudicaudus

E. Heller, 1911

Naked-tailed 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

Heller, E. 1911-02-28. New species of rodents and carnivores from equatorial Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 56(17):1-16.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813467

Original name as described

Lophuromys nudicaudus

Other common names

Fire-bellied Brush-furred Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:125436

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df22a922-4b62-449d-9435-50fd8ad4f550

Type locality

Efulen, Bula country, Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002889

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 naso

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

naso

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.85

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1537ee41-49a9-4a64-9ed0-db69706f6b4e

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098342

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lophuromys nudicaudus

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

nudicaudus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:125436

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3df22a922-4b62-449d-9435-50fd8ad4f550

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813467

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002889) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12355/115104830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lophuromys tullbergi

Matschie, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

tullbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UUZM type #348a-l

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

337

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43646811

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Lophuromys sikapusi parvulus

Eisentraut, 1965

Family

Muridae

Root name

parvulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1963.669

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

24

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Lophuromys nudicaudus nudicaudus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

nudicaudus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

611

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Lophuromys nudicaudus tullbergi

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

tullbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

611

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

Lophuromys afer

Tullberg, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

afer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

1-66

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

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

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