Stenocephalemys albipes

(Rüppell, 1842)

White-footed Ethiopian 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 : Stenocephalemys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rüppell, E. 1842. Säugethiere aus der Ordnung der Nager, beobachtet im nordöstlichen Africa. Museum Senckenbergianum 3(2):91-116.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886770

Original name as described

Mus albipes

Other common names

Ethiopian White-footed Mouse · White-footed Stenocephalemys

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4320

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Massaua [= Massawa]," Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Eritrea · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003493

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 albipes

(Rüppell, 1842)

Family

Muridae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4320

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886770

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Fitzinger (1867:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  3. Heuglin (1877:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  4. Thomas (1903:312, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)
  5. Thomas (1904:103, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27733830) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16538)

Rattus albipes

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476753

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Mus leucopus

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Muridae

Root name

leucopus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476753

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1867:67, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476753) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus albipes, var. minor

(von Heuglin, 1877)

Family

Muridae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notusedas_valid · preoccupied

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876435

Authority publication

Braunschweig

Name usages

  1. Heuglin (1877:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36876435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66584)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Epimys rufidorsalis alettensis

(C. Frick, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

alettensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 3435

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781467

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

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

Epimys rufidorsalis ankoberensis

(C. Frick, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ankoberensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 3513

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781468

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

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

Praomys albipes

(Setzer, 1956)

Family

Muridae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

524

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489202

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:524, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:542) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)

Myomys albipes

(Musser & Carleton, 1993)

Family

Muridae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

630

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (1993:630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Stenocephalemys albipes

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:296) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Happold (2013:549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45093/22429100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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