Malacomys longipes

Milne-Edwards, 1877

Common 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

Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 6, vol. 12, 10

Original name as described

Malacomys longipes

Other common names

Common Malacomys · Long-footed Swamp Rat · Big-eared Swamp Rat

Type locality

"Gaboon River, Gabon" (= vicinity of Ogooué River, Gabon).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Nigeria · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Uganda · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003337

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 longipes australis

Ansell, 1958

Family

Muridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

340

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Malacomys centralis

de Winton, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.60

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c0058f3-5bad-47a8-8d21-a8b196f5c974

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267945

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1914:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Malacomys wilsoni

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.5.15.32

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129813

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Malacomys longipes

Milne-Edwards, 1877

Family

Muridae

Root name

longipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

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 (2013:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12704/115105564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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