Dephomys eburneae

(Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967)

Ivory Coast 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

Heim de Balsac, H. and Bellier, L. 1967. Liste préliminaire des rongeurs de Lamto (Côte-d'Ivoire). Mammalia 31(1):156-159.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1967.31.1.156

Original name as described

Rattus (Stochomys) defua eburneae

Other common names

Ivory Coast Dephomys · Ivory Coast Rat

Type locality

Lamto, Ivory Coast.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003063

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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.

Dephomys eburneae

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

eburneae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:754) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003063) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Rattus (Stochomys) defua eburneae

(Heim de Balsac & Bellier, 1967)

Family

Muridae

Root name

eburneae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Mammalia

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