Colomys goslingi

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

East African Wading Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. and Wroughton, R.C. 1907-04-30. New mammals from Lake Chad and the Congo, mostly from the collections made during the Alexander-Gosling expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)19(113):370-387.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254840

Original name as described

Colomys Goslingi

Other common names

African Water Rat · Velvet Mouse · Velvet Wading Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.172

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0d8c06c3-31d0-446b-97fc-0a301c490de3

Type locality

"Gambi, Welle R[iver]. [= Uele River]," DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic? · Equatorial Guinea · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. eisentrauti

Taxonomy notes citation

Giarla, T. C., Demos, T. C., Monadjem, A., Hutterer, R., Dalton, D., Mamba, M. L., Roff, E. A., Mosher, F. M., Mikeš, V., Kofron, C. P., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C. (2020). Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of Colomys and Nilopegamys (Rodentia: Murinae), semi-aquatic mice of Africa, with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa108.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003440

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.

Colomys Goslingi

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

goslingi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.7.8.172

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0d8c06c3-31d0-446b-97fc-0a301c490de3

Authority page

380

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254840

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Giarla, Demos, Monadjem, Hutterer, Dalton, Mamba, Roff, Mosher, Mikeš, Kofron & Kerbis Peterhans (2020:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51574)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5151/115071617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Colomys goslingi denti

St. Leger, 1930

Family

Muridae

Root name

denti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1930.7.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/80641e16-3acd-408c-a31a-58fe24dd8f89

Authority page

527

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Colomys goslingi ruandensis

Dieterlen, 1983

Family

Muridae

Root name

ruandensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1968.548

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44719955

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Colomys bicolor

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15618239

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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