Micaelamys granti

(Wroughton, 1908)

Grant's Rock 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 : Micaelamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wroughton, R.C. 1908-03-01. Three new African species of Mus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)1(3):255-257.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295978

Original name as described

Mus granti

Other common names

Grant's Aethomys · Grant's Micaelamys · Grant's Rock Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.1.86

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Deelfontein, N of Richmond, NE Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

Taxonomy notes

sometimes included under Aethomys, but the species is generally included under Micaelamys in recent publication

Taxonomy notes citation

Monadjem, A., Taylor, P. J., Denys, C., & Cotterill, F. P. (2015). Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa: A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003097

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 granti

(Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

granti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.9.1.86

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24295978

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Aethomys granti

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

granti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Happold (2013:367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

Micaelamys granti

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

granti

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 (2017:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/570/110017075) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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