Leimacomys buettneri

Matschie, 1893

Büttner's African Forest Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1893. Über anscheinend neue Afrikanische Säugethiere. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1893:107-114.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795783

Original name as described

Leimacomys büttneri

Other common names

Büttner Forest Mouse · Büttner Togo Mouse · Groove-toothed Forest Mouse · Togo Mouse

Type material

ZMB 5064, ZMB 5069, ZMB 6856

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Bismarckburg, near Yege, Togo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Togo · Ghana?

Taxonomy notes

spelt 'buettneri' rather than 'büttneri' since non-latinized characters cannot be placed in latin names

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003005

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.

Leimacomys büttneri

Matschie, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

buettneri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 5064, ZMB 5069, ZMB 6856

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

109

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795783

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:359) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:650) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11387) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11387/115101982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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