Grammomys dryas

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Albertine Rift Thicket 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 : Grammomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1907-01-01. On further new mammals obtained by the Ruwenzori Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(109):118-123.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228880

Original name as described

Thamnomys dryas

Other common names

Albertine Rift Grammomys · Forest Thicket Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.136

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Rwenzori East, [Mubuku Valley, Uganda]. Alt. 6000–7000' [= 1830–2130 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Uganda · Burundi · Rwanda?

Taxonomy notes citation

Bryja, J., Kerbis Peterhans, J.C., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Nicolas, V., Denys, C., Bryjová, A., Šumbera, R. and Mikula, O. 2024. Integrative taxonomic revision of the African thicket rats (Murinae: Grammomys): how genomics decreases the number of currently recognized species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. (in press).

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003073

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.

Thamnomys dryas

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dryas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.136

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228880

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1907:123, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228880) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17638)

Grammomys dryas

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

dryas

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 (2013:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9455/22437574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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