Arvicanthis neumanni

(Matschie, 1894)

Neumann's 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

Matschie, P. 1894. Derselbe legte hierauf neue Säugethiere aus den Sammlungen der Herren Zenker, Neumann, Stuhlmann und Emin vor. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1894:194-206.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581314

Original name as described

Mus neumanni

Other common names

Neumann's Arvicanthis · Somali Grass Rat

Type locality

Barungi, Kondoa District, Tanzania.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · Djibouti? · Somalia · Kenya · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003045

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 neumanni

(Matschie, 1894)

Family

Muridae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

204

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43581314

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Arvicanthis neumanni

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Muridae

Root name

neumanni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1903:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #2148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #2148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003045) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/2148/115060686) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Arvicanthis somalicus

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Muridae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.3.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e0a0ee97-a40e-4ef6-8c7b-b8e10626eb96

Authority page

312 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1903:312 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)
  2. Dollman (1911:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19731)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis reptans

Dollman, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

reptans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616922

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1911:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19731)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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