Dephomys defua

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

Common Defua 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 : Dephomys

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/8872711

Original name as described

Mus defua

Other common names

Defua Dephomys · Defua Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:83837

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e8fdc8a5-caf9-47b3-8d92-7b3c332a5ef5

Type locality

Mt Coffee, Liberia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003062

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 defua

(G. S. Miller, 1900)

Family

Muridae

Root name

defua

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83837

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e8fdc8a5-caf9-47b3-8d92-7b3c332a5ef5

Authority page

635

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8872711

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Stochomys defua

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

defua

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Dephomys defua

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

defua

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 (2013:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003062) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6491/22456751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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