Malacomys edwardsi

de Rochebrune, 1885

Edwards's Swamp Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rochebrune, A.T. de. 1885. Vertebratorum novorum vel minus cognitorum oræ Africæ occidentalis incolarum. Diagnoses. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7)9:86-99.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31945681

Original name as described

Malacomys Edwardsi

Other common names

Edwards's Malacomys

Type locality

"Mellacorée." Clarified by I. L. Rautenbach and D. A. Schlitter in 1978 as "Melikhoure River, Guinea."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003336

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.

Malacomys Edwardsi

de Rochebrune, 1885

Family

Muridae

Root name

edwardsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31945681

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003336) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12703/115105434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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