Mus callewaerti

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Callewaert's Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Murini
Genus : Mus
Subgenus : Nannomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1925-06-01. A new genus of African Muridæ allied to Leggada. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)15(90):667-669.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633262

Original name as described

Hylenomys callewaerti

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.4.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0335d74-c9b3-4540-9509-47af04d04097

Type locality

Kanaga (= Luluabourg), 610 m, Kasai-Occidental, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Tanzania · Zambia · Angola

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003352

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.

Hylenomys callewaerti

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Family

Muridae

Root name

callewaerti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.4.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c0335d74-c9b3-4540-9509-47af04d04097

Authority page

668

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Leggada callewaerti

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941)

Family

Muridae

Root name

callewaerti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

85

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hill & Carter (1941:85) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Mus callewaerti

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Muridae

Root name

callewaerti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

180

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:622) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003352) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13955/22403736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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