Thallomys shortridgei

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Shortridge'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

Thomas, O. and Hinton, M.A.C. 1923-09-03. On mammals collected by Captain Shortridge during the Percy Sladen and Kaffrarien Museum Expedition to the Orange River. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1923(3):483-499.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31195031

Original name as described

Thallomys shortridgei

Other common names

Shortridge's Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1923.5.9.156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95e4a4e3-ed2e-4cbd-b118-f0379ba536eb

Type locality

"Louisvale" on the S bank of the Gariep (= Orange) River, near Upington, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003117

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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.

Thallomys shortridgei

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.5.9.156

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95e4a4e3-ed2e-4cbd-b118-f0379ba536eb

Authority page

492

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31195031

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1942:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40888978) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/48770)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:562) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21693/22436032) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Thallomys nigricauda shortridgei

Shortridge, 1934

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

266

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Rattus paedulcus shortridgei

(Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953)

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

274

Authority publication

London

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