Desmomys yaldeni

Lavrenchenko, 2003

Yalden's 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 : Desmomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lavrenchenko, L.A. 2003. A contribution to the systematics of Desmomys Thomas, 1910 (Rodentia, Muridae) with the description of a new species. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 50(4):313-327.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629777

Original name as described

Desmomys yaldeni

Other common names

Yalden's Desmomys

Type material

ZMMU S-167311

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-167311

Type locality

Sheko Forest, 1930 m, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003065

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.

Desmomys yaldeni

Lavrenchenko, 2003

Family

Muridae

Root name

yaldeni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-167311

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-167311

Authority page

320

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44629777

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003065) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45052/115202291) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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