Thamnomys kempi

Dollman, 1911

Kemp's Thicket 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 : Thamnomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dollman, G. 1911-11-01. On new mammals from East Africa, presented to the British Museum by Mr. A. Blaney Percival. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)8(47):652-659.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617467

Original name as described

Thamnomys kempi

Other common names

Kemp's Thamnomys · Dollman's Thicket Rat · Dollman's Thamnomys

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Buhamba, near Lake Kivu, 1930 m, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003118

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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 kempi

Dollman, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

kempi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

658

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617467

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21703/22412112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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