Dasymys rufulus

G. S. Miller, 1900

West African 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

Miller, G.S., Jr. 1900-12-28. A collection of small mammals from Mount Coffee, Liberia. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 2:631-649.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872715

Original name as described

Dasymys rufulus

Other common names

Rufous Dasymys · Rufous Shaggy Rat · West African Dasymys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:83844

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33ecc9e97-53f7-4fdb-bc83-a740c6431122

Type locality

Mt Coffee, Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003059

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.

Dasymys rufulus

G. S. Miller, 1900

Family

Muridae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83844

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33ecc9e97-53f7-4fdb-bc83-a740c6431122

Authority page

639

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872715

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Name usages

  1. Allen & Coolidge (1930:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Happold (2013:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6272/115080814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dasymys incomtus rufulus

Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967

Family

Muridae

Root name

rufulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

158

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Heim de Balsac & Bellier (1967:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58093)

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