Hybomys univittatus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1876)

Peters's 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

Peters, W.C.H. 1876. Über die von dem verstorbenen Professor Dr. Reinhold Buchbolz in Westafrika gesammelten Säugethiere. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1876:469-485.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329856

Original name as described

Mus univittatus

Other common names

Peters's Hybomys

Type locality

Dongila, Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Angola · Zambia · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi

Taxonomy notes

previously included H. rufocanus

Taxonomy notes citation

Missoup, A. D., Yemchui, G. D., Denys, C., & Nicolas, V. (2018). Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate paraphyly of the genus Hybomys (Rodentia: Muridae): Taxonomic implications. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56(3), 444-452.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003084

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.

Hybomys univittatus

Dollman, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

univittatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472364

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Happold (2013:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10283/115096874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus univittatus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1876)

Family

Muridae

Root name

univittatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

479

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35329856

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

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