Aethomys thomasi

(de Winton, 1897)

Thomas'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

de Winton, W.E. 1897-08-31. On a collection of rodents from Angola. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(117):320-324.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415301

Original name as described

Mus Thomasi

Other common names

Thomas's Aethomys · Thomas's Veld Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.8.6.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c62d0bb0-2e2f-4597-b896-fee15ee73c8c

Type locality

Galanga, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003040

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 Thomasi

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.8.6.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c62d0bb0-2e2f-4597-b896-fee15ee73c8c

Authority page

321

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415301

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1904:417, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)

Æthomys thomasi

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

thomasi

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. Hill & Carter (1941:92) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Musser & Carleton (1993:569) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Happold (2013:376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003040) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/576/115051120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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