Arvicanthis nairobae

J. A. Allen, 1909

Nairobi Grass 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 : Arvicanthis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1909-03-19. Mammals from British East Africa, collected by the Tjäder Expedition of 1906. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(12):147-175.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/464

Original name as described

Arvicanthis nairobæ

Other common names

East African Arvicanthis

Type material

AMNH M-27877

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-27877

Type locality

Nairobi, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania · Ethiopia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003044

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.

Arvicanthis nairobæ

J. A. Allen, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

nairobae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-27877

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-27877

Authority page

168

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1909:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16003)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2146) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2146/22460610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arvicanthis abyssinicus præceps

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

praeceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.6.21.34

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

538

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097919

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis abyssinicus nubilans

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

nubilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.2.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7fa0506e-d135-45dc-a3b8-ca40a53c4609

Authority page

539

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097920

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis rumruti pallescens

Dollman, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

pallescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1913.10.18.142

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed214b3f-edf6-4dfa-a969-b578c701a182

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31626167

Authority publication

Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis abyssinicus virescens

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

virescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:183922

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b9db7091-4480-4f3c-84a7-235523ec40e1

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816787

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis chanleri

Dollman, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

chanleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

130

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616923

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis rumruti

Dollman, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

rumruti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

128

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616921

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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