Mastomys erythroleucus

(Temminck, 1853)

Reddish-white 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

Temminck, C.J. 1853. Esquisses zoologiques sur la côte de Guiné. E. J. Brill, Leiden, 256 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835907

Original name as described

Mus erythroleucus

Other common names

Guinea Mastomys · Guinea Multimammate Mouse · Reddish-white Mastomys

Type material

RMNH.MAM.19206.a, RMNH.MAM.19206.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19206.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19206.b

Type locality

"Guiné [= Guinea]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Morocco · Mauritania · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Mali · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Chad · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003466

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 erythroleucus

(Temminck, 1853)

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythroleucus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19206.a, RMNH.MAM.19206.b

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19206.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19206.b

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835907

Authority publication

Leiden

Mus lateralis

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Muridae

Root name

lateralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 1052

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876440

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

Heuglin (1877:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)

Mus peregrinus

(de Winton, 1898)

Family

Muridae

Root name

peregrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

959

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988206

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Mus calopus

(Cabrera, 1906)

Family

Muridae

Root name

calopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNCN 1686

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

365

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1726952

Authority publication

Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

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

Epimys gambianus

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Muridae

Root name

gambianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.6.10.87

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b29ec267-2747-400a-9930-2834567adc3c

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098785

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rattus calopus

(Cabrera, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

calopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Cabrera (1921:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36365)

Rattus peregrinus

(Cabrera, 1921)

Family

Muridae

Root name

peregrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

56

Authority publication

Memorias de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural

Name usages

Cabrera (1921:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36365)

Mastomys coucha erythroleucus

G. M. Allen & Coolidge, 1930

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythroleucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

598

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248224

Authority publication

Cambridge (Massachusetts)

Name usages

Allen & Coolidge (1930:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/61248224) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68614)

Praomys erythroleucus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythroleucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)

Mastomys erythroleucus

Gautun, Tranier, & Sicard, 1986

Family

Muridae

Root name

erythroleucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

540

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Gautun, Tranier & Sicard (1986:540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69391)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Happold (2013:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12866) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Nicolas, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Bartáková, Bryjová, Meheretu, Verheyen, Missoup, Lemmon, Moriarty Lemmon & Bryja (2021:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58408)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003466) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12866/115107113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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