Pelomys minor

Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926

Least 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 : Pelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Cabrera, Á. and Ruxton, A.E. 1926-05-01. On mammals from Luluabourg, southern Congo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)17(101):591-602.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633448

Original name as described

Pelomys minor

Other common names

Least Pelomys

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kananga (= Luluabourg), Kasai-Occidental, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003107

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 minor

Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

601

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (2013:519) (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 #16510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16510/115134741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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