Pelomys fallax

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

East African Groove-toothed Swamp 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 : Pelomys
Subgenus : incertae sedis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1852-11-25. Hr. Peters legte einige neue Säugethiere und Flussfische aus Mossambique vor. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1852:273-276.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054835

Original name as described

Mus (Pelomys) fallax

Other common names

Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat · Creek Pelomys · East African Pelomys

Type locality

near Zambezi River, Caya district, Mozambique.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Namibia · Botswana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003104

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.

Pelomys fallax insignatus

Osgood, 1910

Family

Muridae

Root name

insignatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.220

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/257b3b17-4b43-4bbc-8e8a-d686e42709ed

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094701

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pelomys frater

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

frater

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.4.9.107

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108501

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Pelomys fallax concolor

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.3.344

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814881

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Pelomys luluae

Matschie, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

luluae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMB 3941

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

113

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45481703

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

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

Pelomys australis

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Muridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439548

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439548) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Pelomys fallax rhodesiae

A. Roberts, 1929

Family

Muridae

Root name

rhodesiae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 180

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

118

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Pelomys fallax iridescens

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

iridescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181801

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341f07f89-e1d6-43c0-b2e5-0d7fa58ae1d8

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814880

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Golunda fallax

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

937

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988178

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:937, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Pelomys fallax

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Muridae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Happold (2013:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16509) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16509/115134584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus (Pelomys) fallax

(W. C. H. Peters, 1852)

Family

Muridae

Root name

fallax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

275

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11054835

Authority publication

Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Matschie (1895:51, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)

Pelomys fallax vumbae

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Muridae

Root name

vumbae

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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