Oenomys hypoxanthus

(Pucheran, 1855)

Common Rufous-nosed 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 : Oenomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pucheran, J. 1855. Mélanges et nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée (2)7:206.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2281100

Original name as described

Mus hypoxanthus

Other common names

Common Oenomys · Common Rufous-toothed Rat · Rufous-nosed Rat

Type locality

Gabon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Central African Republic · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003101

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 hypoxanthus bacchante

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bacchante

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.8.4.66

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

342

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993100

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mus hypoxanthus unyori

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

unyori

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.11.1.28

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29993101

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Oenomys bacchante editus

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1910

Family

Muridae

Root name

editus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.1.139

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/33624efd-5fdf-48d4-8ea8-23214a25e5ac

Authority page

509

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31647725

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Oenomys oris

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

oris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.5.3.154

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098341

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Oenomys hypoxanthus talangae

Setzer, 1956

Family

Muridae

Root name

talangae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45315

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45315

Authority page

505

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489121

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

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

Oenomys hypoxanthus vallicola

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

vallicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162614

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cd92a99e-9c04-49c8-9427-04b04f1471ed

Authority page

11

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816787

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Oenomys hypoxanthus albiventris

Eisentraut, 1968

Family

Muridae

Root name

albiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1968.9

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44746670

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Oenomys bacchante moerens

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

moerens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

379

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098340

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Aenomys hypoxanthus

Dollman, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

hypoxanthus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472364

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Dollman (1914:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Oenomys hypoxanthus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

hypoxanthus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15164/115125699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus hypoxanthus

(Pucheran, 1855)

Family

Muridae

Root name

hypoxanthus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2281100

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Mus rufinus, var. marungensis

(Noack, 1887)

Family

Muridae

Root name

marungensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

231

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10356271

Authority publication

Zoologische Jahrbücher

Name usages

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

Mus anchietae

(du Bocage, 1890)

Family

Muridae

Root name

anchietae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

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

Mus rufinus

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Muridae

Root name

rufinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835445

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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