Rhabdomys intermedius

(Wroughton, 1905)

Karoo 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/19215282

Original name as described

Arvicanthis pumilio intermedius

Other common names

Karoo Rhabdomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.1.4.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3988ad88-ceb4-4142-82e2-1e6ef7a8e78e

Type locality

Deelfontein, N of Richmond, central Karoo, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

Taxonomy notes

split from R. pumilio; 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-dtriped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio (Rodentia: Muridae) from southern Africa with implications for taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 75-86.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003111

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 intermedius

(Wroughton, 1905)

Family

Muridae

Root name

intermedius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.1.4.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3988ad88-ceb4-4142-82e2-1e6ef7a8e78e

Authority page

635

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19215282

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rhabdomys intermedius

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

intermedius

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 (2018:ID #100000749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000749) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/112168732/112168747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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