Dasymys rwandae

W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, & E. Verheyen, 2003

Rwandan 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

Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J.L.J., Dierckx, T., Colyn, M., Leirs, H. and Verheyen, E. 2003. A craniometric and genetic approach to the systematics of the genus Dasymys Peters, 1875, selection of a neotype and description of three new taxa (Rodentia, Muridae, Africa). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Biologie)73:27-71.

Original name as described

Dasymys rwandae

Other common names

Rwanda Dasymys · Rwanda Shaggy Rat · Rwandan Dasymys

Type material

RMCA 1996.038-M-2270

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kinigi, Virunga Volcanoes (Nyungwe Forest), 2250 m, NW Rwanda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Rwanda

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003060

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Names and synonyms

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Dasymys rwandae

W. N. Verheyen, J. L. J. Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs, & E. Verheyen, 2003

Family

Muridae

Root name

rwandae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1996.038-M-2270

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

45

Authority publication

Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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