Lemniscomys zebra

(von Heuglin, 1864)

Heuglin's 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

Heuglin, T. von. 1864. Belträge zur Zoologie Central-Afrika's. Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 31:1-15.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45611093

Original name as described

Mus Zebra

Other common names

Heuglin's Lemniscomys · Zebra Grass Mouse · Zebra Lemniscomys

Type material

SMNS 1100a

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Mali · Guinea · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Ethiopia · Eritrea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003096

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 Zebra

(von Heuglin, 1864)

Family

Muridae

Root name

zebra

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1100a

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45611093

Authority publication

Nova Acta Academiae Caesarea Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum

Euchaetomys Zebra

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

zebra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

74

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476760

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476760) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Arvicanthis Spekei

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

spekei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1863.7.7.23

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f4f8b6fd-36aa-4efd-9f31-8cdc9a91ff14

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415298

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis dunni

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.2.8.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/01356396-0986-4578-87c0-e0703089111c

Authority page

297

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598903

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1903:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66458)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis zebra

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

zebra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

297

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598903

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1903:297, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31598903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66458)

Arvicanthis barbarus albolineatus

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

albolineatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:17194

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=5bc1abcc-d39a-4fe3-a1d7-f04d2917ca7b

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462384

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1910:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462384) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis barbarus convictus

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

convictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:17206

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=1db71abd-84d6-4238-966f-b461b7d7dc94

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462397

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1910:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis barbarus spekei

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

spekei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462397

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1910:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)

Arvicanthis barbarus zebra

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

zebra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462397

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1910:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)

Lemniscomys barbarus manteufeli

Matschie, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

manteufeli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 16025 (= ZMB A. 182. 11. 12)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

338

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43646812

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis oweni

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

oweni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.10.61

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a2cadaf9-bf48-49ee-84bd-5ba277ba7bff

Authority page

120

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098783

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Arvicanthis barbarus nigeriae

(O. Thomas, 1912)

Family

Muridae

Root name

nigeriae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.16.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/487e7f02-4e57-4238-84fa-212e1bd499f5

Authority page

272

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639029

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Lemniscomys olga

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1921

Family

Muridae

Root name

olga

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.128

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/be96756f-bcf1-4a8d-bd3f-4cd58ef5f97f

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3152373

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

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

Lemniscomys dunni nubalis

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Muridae

Root name

nubalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.7.2.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/207e8d49-eb3d-4428-80e7-433f878a456f

Authority page

267

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551155

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Lemniscomys oweni orientalis

Hatt, 1935

Family

Muridae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AMNH M-49626

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-49626

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Lemniscomys dunni

Setzer, 1956

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

512

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489128

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Lemniscomys dunni dunni

Setzer, 1956

Family

Muridae

Root name

dunni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

512

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489128

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:512, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Lemniscomys barbarus zebra

Setzer, 1956

Family

Muridae

Root name

zebra

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

511

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489127

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:511, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Lemniscomys zebra

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

zebra

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 (2013:454) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41212) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41212/115177399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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