Aethomys bocagei

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Bocage's Rock Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Aethomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1904-06-01. On mammals from northern Angola collected by Dr. W. J. Ansorge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13(78):405-421.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108502

Original name as described

Mus Bocagei

Other common names

Bocage's Aethomys · Bocage's Veld Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.9.62

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa46dfba-1a8a-42e9-836e-daf38f64477e

Type locality

Pungo Andongo, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003032

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.

Mus Bocagei

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.9.62

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fa46dfba-1a8a-42e9-836e-daf38f64477e

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108502

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Aethomys bocagei

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

bocagei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

175

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/568/115050232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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