Aethomys stannarius

(O. Thomas, 1913)

West African 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. 1913-05-01. New African Epimys and Jaculus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)11(65):482-485.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636043

Original name as described

Epimys stannarius

Other common names

Tinfields Rock Rat · West African Aethomys · West African Veld Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.5.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0b14dd6-9905-465a-91d8-79b7f9a7b476

Type locality

Kabwir, Bauchi Province, N Nigeria.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003039

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.

Epimys stannarius

(O. Thomas, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

stannarius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.2.5.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0b14dd6-9905-465a-91d8-79b7f9a7b476

Authority page

482

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18636043

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Æthomys stannarius

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

stannarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1926:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19476)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:375) (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 #575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/575/22458544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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