Aethomys chrysophilus

(de Winton, 1897)

Red 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

de Winton, W.E. 1897-04. On collections of rodents made by Mr. J. ffolliott Darling in Mashunaland and Mr. F. C. Selous in Matabeleland, with short field-notes by the collectors. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896(4):798-808.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200848

Original name as described

Mus chrysophilus

Other common names

Red Aethomys · Red Veld Aethomys · Red Veld Rat

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mazoe, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · South Africa · Botswana · Angola · Namibia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003033

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 chrysophilus acticola

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

acticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.6.2.59

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c77af7f9-2976-4c33-b29b-9ce404ebc04c

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938729

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rattus (Aethomys) chrysophilus singidæ

(P. S. Kershaw, 1923)

Family

Muridae

Root name

singidae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.8.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3df38e48-474b-4ce0-b5c4-9a0a7e0d27ae

Authority page

535

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Aethomys chrysophilus imago

O. Thomas, 1927

Family

Muridae

Root name

imago

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.12.7.220

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/26f24e87-984c-43cf-b3c1-917d7bb064ab

Authority page

387

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Mus voi

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

voi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:17062

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=d8a222b0-15db-4b88-92aa-dd1c9eec7a8b

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462384

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

Mus chrysophilus

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

chrysophilus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

801

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200848

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:936, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Aethomys chrysophilus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

chrysophilus

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 (2013:365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/569/115050345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus chrysophilus alticola

(Lydekker, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

alticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Zoological Record

Name usages

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

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