Hylomyscus anselli

(I. R. Bishop, 1979)

Ansell's Wood Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Bishop, I.R. 1979. Notes on Praomys (Hylomyscus) in Eastern Africa. Mammalia 43(4):519-530.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1979.43.4.519

Original name as described

Praomys (Hylomyscus) denniae anselli

Other common names

Ansell's Hylomyscus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1974.250

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/395353d5-5ad5-4451-824a-b083830da940 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8772f169-5739-4d17-b305-aa87487947e7

Type locality

Jimbe Stream, Mwinilunga District, Zambia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Tanzania · Zambia · Democratic Republic of the Congo? · Angola?

Taxonomy notes

split from H. denniae

Taxonomy notes citation

Carleton, M. D., & Stanley, W. T. (2005). Review of the Hylomyscus denniae complex (Rodentia: Muridae) in Tanzania, with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118(3), 619-646.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003444

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.

Praomys (Hylomyscus) denniae anselli

(I. R. Bishop, 1979)

Family

Muridae

Root name

anselli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1974.250

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/395353d5-5ad5-4451-824a-b083830da940 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8772f169-5739-4d17-b305-aa87487947e7

Authority page

528

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

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

Hylomyscus anselli

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & T. E. Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

anselli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

803

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:803) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/47968796/47968812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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