Uranomys ruddi

Dollman, 1909

Rudd's Bristle-furred Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dollman, G. 1909-12-01. New mammals from British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(24):549-553.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097933

Original name as described

Uranomys ruddi

Other common names

Rudd's Mouse · White-bellied Brush-furred Rat

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Kirui, [Mt] Elgon, British East Africa [= Kenya]. Altitude 6000 feet [= 1820 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso? · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002901

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Uranomys foxi

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

foxi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.16.50

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2d26b1f6-ace6-4548-b15a-9fdd82ee7c1a

Authority page

273

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639030

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Uranomys woodi

Hinton, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

woodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.16.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0094ba4b-1b83-4fe8-b7c8-882e0a6208ad

Authority page

369

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626792

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Uranomys tenebrosus

Hinton, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

tenebrosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.17.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8b8eb3e1-528c-458e-b25f-c0490560510a

Authority page

370

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626793

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Uranomys acomyoides

Ingoldby, 1929

Family

Muridae

Root name

acomyoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1929.1.11.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e28d1fe1-bbad-4e42-b39e-b56776eb1acd

Authority page

523

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Uranomys ruddi shortridgei

Hayman, 1953

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1949.370

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Uranomys ugandae

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

ugandae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164822

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36e13e124-a5b3-4ed6-b65f-a85315dfe035

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813468

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Uranomys ruddi

Dollman, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

ruddi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

552

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097933

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:614) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22771/22400326) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Uranomys oweni

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Muridae

Root name

oweni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619672

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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