Thamnomys major

Hatt, 1934

Hatt'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

Hatt, R.T. 1934-04-04. Fourteen hitherto unrecognized African rodents. American Museum Novitates 708:1-15.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/4498

Original name as described

Thamnomys kempi major

Other common names

Hatt's Thamnomys

Type material

AMNH M-82693

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-82693

Type locality

Lukumi, north slope Mt. Karisimbi, Kivu volcanoes, 12,000 ft (= 3600 m), Nord-Kivu Province, E DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003119

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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 major

Hatt, 1934

Family

Muridae

Root name

major

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-82693

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-82693

Authority page

10

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Thamnomys major

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

major

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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