Thamnomys venustus

O. Thomas, 1907

Thomas'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

Thomas, O. 1907-01-01. On further new mammals obtained by the Ruwenzori Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(109):118-123.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228879

Original name as described

Thamnomys venustus

Other common names

Charming Thicket Rat · Thomas's Thamnomys · Charming Thamnomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/01e8fc7a-eb07-4117-b94b-bd9389a60fef

Type locality

"Ruwenzori East, [Uganda]. Alt. 7000' [= 2134 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Rwanda

Taxonomy notes

previously included T. schoutedeni

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003121

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 venustus

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.12.4.106

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/01e8fc7a-eb07-4117-b94b-bd9389a60fef

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228879

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1907:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51228879) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17638)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Happold (2013:566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21702/22412227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Thamnomys venustus kivuensis

G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1942

Family

Muridae

Root name

kivuensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:39151

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:39151

Authority page

192

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2792154

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

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

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