Lemniscomys macculus

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1910)

Buffoon Striped Grass 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 : Lemniscomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. and Wroughton, R.C. 1910-03. Ruwenzori Expedition reports. 17. Mammalia. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 19(5):481-528.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647731

Original name as described

Arvicanthis macculus

Other common names

Buffoon Lemniscomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.57

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ed94131-f406-40dc-8832-2caf45ad41c4

Type locality

Mokia, SE Rwenzori, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Cote d'Ivoire · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Ethiopia · Kenya · Tanzania · Rwanda

Taxonomy notes

includes bellieri

Taxonomy notes citation

Hánová, A., Konečný, A., Nicolas, V., Denys, C., Granjon, L., Lavrenchenko, L. A., ... & Bryja, J. (2021). Multilocus phylogeny of African striped grass mice (Lemniscomys): stripe pattern only partly reflects evolutionary relationships. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 155, 107007.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003091

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.

Arvicanthis macculus akka

(O. Thomas, 1915)

Family

Muridae

Root name

akka

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.67

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

479

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131576

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis macculus

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

macculus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.57

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ed94131-f406-40dc-8832-2caf45ad41c4

Authority page

515

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647731

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Lemniscomys bellieri

van der Straeten, 1975

Family

Muridae

Root name

bellieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1975.074-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

906

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie africaine

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11488/22439256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lemniscomys macculus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

macculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11492/115102917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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