Stenocephalemys albocaudatus

C. Frick, 1914

White-tailed 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

Frick, C. 1914-09. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of Carnegie Museum 9:7-28.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781458

Original name as described

Stenocephalemys albocaudata

Other common names

Ethiopian Narrow-headed Rat · White-tailed Stenocephalemys

Type material

CM 3415

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Inyala Camp, Chilalo Mountains, southern Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

spelling changed for gender of genus

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson D.E., Lacher T.E., Mittermeier R.A. 2017. Handbook of the mammals of the world. Vol. 7. Rodents II. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003494

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.

Stenocephalemys albocaudata

C. Frick, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

albocaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 3415

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781458

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Happold (2013:550) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20740/22428913) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Stenocephalemys albocaudatus

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Muridae

Root name

albocaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

801

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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