Thamnomys poensis

Eisentraut, 1965

Western 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

Eisentraut, M. 1965. Die Muriden von Fernando Poo. Zoologische Jahrbücher 92:13-40.

Original name as described

Thamnomys rutilans poensis

Other common names

Western Rainforest Grammomys

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1963.668

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Moca, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, 1200 m.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola

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/1003079

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 rutilans

(W. C. H. Peters, 1876)

Family

Muridae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

478

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329855

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Thamnomys rutilans

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228879

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1907:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17638)
  2. Kershaw (1923:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
  3. Eisentraut (1963:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Thamnomys rutilans poensis

Eisentraut, 1965

Family

Muridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1963.668

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

26

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Grammomys rutilans

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Muridae

Root name

rutilans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

517

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:594) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Grammomys poensis

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Muridae

Root name

poensis

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 (2017:764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Thamnomys poensis

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Muridae

Root name

poensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003079

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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