Micaelamys namaquensis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Namaqua 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

Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(2):145-160.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968278

Original name as described

Gerbillus Namaquensis

Other common names

Namaqua Aethomys · Namaqua Micaelamys · Namaqua Rock Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.16

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6fc5b978-40fc-47f2-8732-e7a031b4beb3

Type locality

"Little Namaqualand," Cape Province, South Africa. Restricted by G. C. Shortridge in 1942 to "Witwater," Kamiesberg Region, Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · Botswana · Zambia · Zimbabwe · Mozambique · Malawi · Eswatini · Lesotho · 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/1003098

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Aethomys avunculus phippsi

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1937)

Family

Muridae

Root name

phippsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-87855

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-87855

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Gerbillus Namaquensis

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Muridae

Root name

namaquensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.16

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6fc5b978-40fc-47f2-8732-e7a031b4beb3

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968278

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Mus Lehocla

(A. Smith, 1836)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lehocla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.7.3.18

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0a4b140e-c2a7-4dda-a3e8-1cec8b5a769c

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Cape Town

Name usages

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

Mus auricomis centralis

(Schwann, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.1.4.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c16c547a-035d-4a45-9ee1-22a8ade9a1c4

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32051429

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Mus avunculus

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Muridae

Root name

avunculus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.9.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a3f6180e-a737-4bfc-bd37-1bc67d257706

Authority page

417

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108503

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mus avarillus

(O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Family

Muridae

Root name

avarillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.4.3.79

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4fafcb7a-16d6-484d-bcf8-2f1b2bcfe2ea

Authority page

547

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31938729

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Mus namaquensis monticularis

(H. L. Jameson, 1909)

Family

Muridae

Root name

monticularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.7.2.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8862c479-37cb-4519-b848-244a5f958ce4

Authority page

461

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097840

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Aethomys namaquensis calarius

(O. Thomas, 1926)

Family

Muridae

Root name

calarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.6.3.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/64ca9789-eddb-4aeb-9115-12f98984f559

Authority page

184

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Aethomys namaquensis siccatus

(O. Thomas, 1926)

Family

Muridae

Root name

siccatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.164

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/317331ec-bfd6-4ba5-8881-7bdb0218262c

Authority page

304

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Praomys namaquensis drakensbergi

(A. Roberts, 1926)

Family

Muridae

Root name

drakensbergi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2063

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

255

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Praomys namaquensis capensis

(A. Roberts, 1926)

Family

Muridae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2225

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

254

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Praomys namaquensis klaverensis

(A. Roberts, 1926)

Family

Muridae

Root name

klaverensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2227

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

254

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Praomys namaquensis lehochloides

(A. Roberts, 1926)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lehochloides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 3720

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

255

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Aethomys namaquensis waterbergensis

(A. Roberts, 1938)

Family

Muridae

Root name

waterbergensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8155

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Rattus namaquensis longicaudatus

(E. von Lehmann, 1955)

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ÜMB 723

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44683621

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Aethomys namaquensis epupae

(E. von Lehmann, 1975)

Family

Muridae

Root name

epupae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ÜMB 723

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

4

Authority publication

book

Name usages

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

Mus auricomis

(de Winton, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

auricomis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

802

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31200849

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Mus namaquensis auricomys

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

auricomys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Mus namaquensis centralis

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Mus namaquensis lehochla

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lehochla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Mus namaquensis

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Muridae

Root name

namaquensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1913:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)

Aethomys namaquensis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

namaquensis

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 (2013:371) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)

lechochloides

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

lechochloides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1382

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:1382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Micaelamys namaquensis

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

namaquensis

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 #400000255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003098) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/573/114636514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus arborarius

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

Family

Muridae

Root name

arborarius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

152

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:936, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus namaquensis grahami

(A. Roberts, 1915)

Family

Muridae

Root name

grahami

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439868

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Aethomys namaquensis namibensis

(A. Roberts, 1946)

Family

Muridae

Root name

namibensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

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