Oenomys ornatus

O. Thomas, 1911

West African 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

Thomas, O. 1911-04-01. On new African Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(40):378-383.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098339

Original name as described

Oenomys ornatus

Other common names

Ghana Rufous-nosed Rat · West African Oenomys · West African Rufous-toothed Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.14.9

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bibianaha, near Dunkwa, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003102

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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.

Oenomys ornatus

O. Thomas, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

ornatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.2.14.9

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098339

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:512) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:771) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15165/22411737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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