Pelomys hopkinsi

Hayman, 1955

Hopkins's 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 : Komemys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hayman, R.W. 1955. A new rodent from Uganda and Ruanda. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 52(3-4):323-325.

Original name as described

Pelomys (Komemys) hopkinsi

Other common names

Hopkins Pelomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1956.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/92b2e4c3-a8ce-42f6-a64c-038c554699d3

Type locality

Rwamachuchu, Gombolola, Rukiga County, Kigezi District, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003105

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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 (Komemys) hopkinsi

Hayman, 1955

Family

Muridae

Root name

hopkinsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1956.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/92b2e4c3-a8ce-42f6-a64c-038c554699d3

Authority page

324

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16506/22415773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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