Dasymys nudipes

(W. C. H. Peters, 1870)

Angolan Shaggy 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 : Dasymys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1870. Lista de mammiferos das possessões portuguezas da Africa occidental e diagnoses de algumas especies novas. Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes 3:123-127.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16192949

Original name as described

Mus (Isomys) nudipes

Other common names

Angolan Dasymys · Angolan Marsh Rat · Angolan Water Rat

Type material

AMNH M-87744

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-87744

Type locality

"Huilla [= Huíla]," Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003057

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 (Isomys) nudipes

(W. C. H. Peters, 1870)

Family

Muridae

Root name

nudipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-87744

Type kind

neotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-87744

Authority page

126

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16192949

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Dasymys nudipes

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

nudipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6271/22436918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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