Thallomys loringi

(E. Heller, 1909)

Loring's Thallomys

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Arvicanthini
Genus : Thallomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heller, E. 1909-11-13. Two new rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 52:471-472.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812965

Original name as described

Thamnomys loringi

Other common names

Loring's Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:161904

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b964d649-42e5-41fd-8024-697eadd868e0

Type locality

Lake Naivasha, E Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Kenya · Tanzania

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003114

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.

Thamnomys loringi

(E. Heller, 1909)

Family

Muridae

Root name

loringi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:161904

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b964d649-42e5-41fd-8024-697eadd868e0

Authority page

471

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812965

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Thallomys loringi

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

loringi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:776) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21690/115162890) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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