Rhabdomys chakae

(Wroughton, 1905)

KwaZulu Natal Four-striped Grass 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 : Rhabdomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Wroughton, R.C. 1905-12-01. Notes on the various forms of _Arvicanthis pumilio_, Sparrm. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)16(96):629-639.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215283

Original name as described

Arvicanthis pumilio Chakæ

Other common names

KwaZulu Natal Rhabdomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.5.1.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/66994adc-78f2-4d5f-94dd-0495ef437979

Type locality

Sibudeni, 1067 m, Nkandhla, Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Eswatini · Lesotho

Taxonomy notes

split from R. dilectus; the synonym listing for this species and all Rhabdomys is tentative and needs to be further assessed

Taxonomy notes citation

du Toit, N., van Vuuren, B. J., Matthee, S., & Matthee, C. A. (2012). Biome specificity of distinct genetic lineages within the four-striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa with implications for taxonomy. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 65(1), 75-86. · Castiglia, R., Solano, E., Makundi, R. H., Hulselmans, J., Verheyen, E., & Colangelo, P. (2012). Rapid chromosomal evolution in the mesic four-striped grass rat Rhabdomys dilectus (Rodentia, Muridae) revealed by mtDNA phylogeographic analysis. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 50(2), 165-172.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003109

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.

Arvicanthis pumilio Chakæ

(Wroughton, 1905)

Family

Muridae

Root name

chakae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.5.1.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/66994adc-78f2-4d5f-94dd-0495ef437979

Authority page

636

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215283

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis pumilio Moshesh

(Wroughton, 1905)

Family

Muridae

Root name

moshesh

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.12.5.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bca0a8c9-5aca-477b-8116-2463bfee26cd

Authority page

638

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215285

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:89, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439547) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhabdomys pumilio algoae

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Muridae

Root name

algoae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 5513

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1946:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhabdomys pumilio bethuliensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Muridae

Root name

bethuliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 7832

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1946:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhabdomys pumilio chakae

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Muridae

Root name

chakae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

Roberts (1946:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)

Rhabdomys pumilio cradockensis

A. Roberts, 1946

Family

Muridae

Root name

cradockensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 2385

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1946:323) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68475)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhabdomys chakae

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

chakae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

775

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:775) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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