Pelomys isseli

(De Beaux, 1924)

Lake Victoria 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

De Beaux, O. 1924. Collezioni zoologiche fatte nell'Uganda dal Dott. E. Bayon. XVIII. Mammiferi. Parte III. Rodentia. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria 51:202-219.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33394931

Original name as described

Komemys isseli

Other common names

Issel's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat · Lake Victoria Pelomys · Issel's Pelomys

Type material

MSNG 18006

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kome Island, Lake Victoria, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Kenya

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003106

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.

Komemys isseli

(De Beaux, 1924)

Family

Muridae

Root name

isseli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSNG 18006

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

207

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33394931

Authority publication

Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria

Pelomys isseli

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

isseli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

171

Authority publication

London

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16507) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16507/22415874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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