Mastomys shortridgei

(St. Leger, 1933)

Shortridge's 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

St. Leger, J. 1933-06. A new species of Myomys from South-West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1933(2):411.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1933.tb01602.x

Original name as described

Myomys shortridgei

Other common names

Shortridge's Mastomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1933.1.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45886acb-8e3b-44bc-af6d-07e6324f9e2b

Type locality

Okavango-Omatako junction, Grootfontein District, northern Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Botswana · Namibia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003471

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.

Myomys shortridgei

(St. Leger, 1933)

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1933.1.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45886acb-8e3b-44bc-af6d-07e6324f9e2b

Authority page

411

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Shortridge (1934:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)

Rattus angolensis legerae

(Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953)

Family

Muridae

Root name

legerae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1933.1.11.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/45886acb-8e3b-44bc-af6d-07e6324f9e2b

Authority page

276

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Praomys shortridgei

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:544) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Mastomys shortridgei

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

187

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Nicolas, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Bartáková, Bryjová, Meheretu, Verheyen, Missoup, Lemmon, Moriarty Lemmon & Bryja (2021:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58408)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003471) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12869/22425542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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