Nilopegamys plumbeus

Osgood, 1928

Ethiopian Amphibious 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 : Nilopegamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1928-11-21. A new genus of aquatic rodents from Abyssinia. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 12(15):185-189.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2827396

Original name as described

Nilopegamys plumbeus

Other common names

Ethiopian Water Mouse · Ethiopian Water Rat

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:28633

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=7f92b1d2-7c13-4dda-b9e8-9d3a6f97df2e

Type locality

"from small stream tributary to the Little Abbai, between Sakalla and Njabarra, Gojam, Abyssinia [= NW Ethiopia]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003476

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.

Nilopegamys plumbeus

Osgood, 1928

Family

Muridae

Root name

plumbeus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:28633

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=7f92b1d2-7c13-4dda-b9e8-9d3a6f97df2e

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2827396

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:883) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40766/22431448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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