Mus mahomet

Rhoads, 1896

Mahomet 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

Rhoads, S.N. 1896-12-08. Mammals collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during His expedition to Lake Rudolf, Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:517-546.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675941

Original name as described

Mus mahomet

Type material

ANSP 3881

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sheik Mahomet, south-central Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Eritrea · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003367

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.

Mus mahomet

Rhoads, 1896

Family

Muridae

Root name

mahomet

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 3881

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

532

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675941

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  7. Happold (2013:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13967) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13967/115117257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Leggada mahomet

(O. Thomas, 1903)

Family

Muridae

Root name

mahomet

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

312

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1903:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)

Mus musculoides emesi

E. Heller, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

emesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:164819

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39c694ef6-01a2-476a-b793-cebd8f550611

Authority page

5

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813461

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:530, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus emesi

Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe, 1925

Family

Muridae

Root name

emesi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

Lönnberg & Gyldenstolpe (1925:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69123)

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