Mylomys dybowskii

(de Pousargues, 1893)

Dybowski's Three-toed Grass 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 : Mylomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Bull. Soc. Zool. Fr., vol. 18, 163

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099309

Original name as described

Golunda dybowskii

Other common names

African Groove-toothed Rat · Common Groove-toothed Rat · Common Mylomys · Dybowski's Mylomys · Mill Rat

Type material

MNHN 1892-1591

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Kemo River, French Congo (= Central African Republic).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Liberia? · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Cameroon · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Angola? · Kenya · Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi? · Tanzania · Malawi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003099

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.

Mylomys Cuninghamei

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Muridae

Root name

cuninghamei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.8.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/212e5832-d227-4472-8146-21e4a38b724c

Authority page

225

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19366486

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mylomys lutescens

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

lutescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.3.353

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131246

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mylomys christyi

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Muridae

Root name

christyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1917.10.4.17

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

362

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18593696

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mylomys alberti

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

alberti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.8.146

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131245

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mylomys cuninghamei lowei

Hayman, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

lowei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.1.30.151

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

934

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Golunda dybowskii

(de Pousargues, 1893)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dybowskii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1892-1591

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099309

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Mylomys cuninghamei richardi

Hayman, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

richardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 14038

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

223

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pelomys roosevelti

(E. Heller, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

roosevelti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162881

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/344a0c1d2-df0b-4fcf-ac62-272eac08c061

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8922943

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Mylomys dybowskyi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

dybowskyi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

170

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Mylomys dybowskii

Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982

Family

Muridae

Root name

dybowskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

535

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Happold (2013:500) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42670/115200162) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mylomys cunninghamei massaicus

Lönnberg, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

massaicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

8

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

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

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