Grammomys ibeanus

(Osgood, 1910)

East African 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

Osgood, W.H. 1910-02. Diagnoses of new East African mammals, including a new genus of Muridae. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(2):5-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462395

Original name as described

Thamnomys ibeanus

Other common names

East African Grammomys · Rwenzori Grammomys · Rwenzori Thicket Rat · Mount Kenya Thicket Rat · Giant Grammomys · Giant Thicket Rat · Mount Kenya Grammomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:17096

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=837911a7-8d99-4e62-b12b-650b08cb262a

Type locality

Molo, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

includes gigas

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/1003075

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 arborarius

(F. W. True, 1892)

Family

Muridae

Root name

arborarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

459

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15737480

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Thamnomys ibeanus

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ibeanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:17096

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=837911a7-8d99-4e62-b12b-650b08cb262a

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462395

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1910:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)

Thamnomys gigas

(Dollman, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

527

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15815247

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Thamnomys surdaster lutosus

(Dollman, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lutosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

657

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617466

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Grammomys gigas

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

gigas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131247

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Happold (2013:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9456) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9456/115092298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Grammomys ibeanus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

ibeanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131247

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1915:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9457/115092455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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