Hybomys lunaris

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Moon Mountains Striped Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Hybomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1906-08-01. Description of new mammals from Mount Ruwenzori. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)18(104):136-147.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366406

Original name as described

Mus univittatus lunaris

Other common names

Moon Striped Mouse · Rwenzori Hybomys · Rwenzori Striped Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.137

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"[Mount] Ruwenzori East, [Uganda], 6000' [= 1830 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003082

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 univittatus lunaris

(O. Thomas, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lunaris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.137

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

145

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366406

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Hybomys lunaris

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Muridae

Root name

lunaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10280) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10280/115096572) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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