Thamnomys kuru

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Eastern Rainforest 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 : Thamnomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. and Wroughton, R.C. 1907-04-30. New mammals from Lake Chad and the Congo, mostly from the collections made during the Alexander-Gosling expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(113):370-387.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254841

Original name as described

Thamnomys kuru

Other common names

Eastern Rainforest Grammomys · Shining Thicket Rat · Shining Grammomys

Type material

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Angu, Uele River, Orientale, NE DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi

Taxonomy notes

moved from Grammomys to Thamnomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Mikula, O., Nicolas, V., Šumbera, R., Konečný, A., Denys, C., Verheyen, E., ... & Bryja, J. (2021). Nuclear phylogenomics, but not mitogenomics, resolves the most successful Late Miocene radiation of African mammals (Rodentia: Muridae: Arvicanthini). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 157, 107069.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003076

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 kuru

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

kuru

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

381

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254841

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas & Wroughton (1907:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16293)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Thamnomys rutilans centralis

Dollman, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.2.11.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b0227ced-c050-41c5-a8f1-a9157f27e4b5

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472363

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Grammomys kuru

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Muridae

Root name

kuru

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 (2013:414) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9460/115092901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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