Stenocephalemys griseicauda

F. Petter, 1972

Gray-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

Petter, F. 1972. Deux rongeurs nouveaux d'Éthiopie: _Stenocephalemys griseicauda_ sp. nov. et _Lophuromys melanonyx_ sp. nov. Mammalia 36(2):171-181.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1972.36.2.171

Original name as described

Stenocephalemys griseicauda

Other common names

Gray-tailed Narrow-headed Rat · Gray-tailed Stenocephalemys

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Dinsho, Bale Mountains, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003495

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 griseicauda

F. Petter, 1972

Family

Muridae

Root name

griseicauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

171

Authority publication

Mammalia

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 (1996:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:295) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  8. Happold (2013:552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20741) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20741/115159785) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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