Mastomys awashensis

Lavrenchenko, Likhnova, & Baskevich in Lavrenchenko, Likhnova, Baskevich, & Bekele, 1998

Awash Multimammate 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 : Mastomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lavrenchenko, L.A., Likhnova, O.P., Baskevich, M.I. and Bekele, A. 1998. Systematics and distribution of Mastomys (Muridae, Rodentia) from Ethiopia, with the description of a new species. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 63:37-51.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45537687

Original name as described

Mastomys awashensis

Other common names

Awash Mastomys

Type material

ZMMU S-151552

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-151552

Type locality

bank of the Awash River near Lake Koka, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003464

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.

Mastomys awashensis

Lavrenchenko, Likhnova, & Baskevich in Lavrenchenko, Likhnova, Baskevich, & Bekele, 1998

Family

Muridae

Root name

awashensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-151552

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-151552

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45537687

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:290) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Happold (2013:462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:806) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Nicolas, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Bartáková, Bryjová, Meheretu, Verheyen, Missoup, Lemmon, Moriarty Lemmon & Bryja (2021:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58408)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45060/22425623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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