Stenocephalemys ruppi

(van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1983)

Rupp's 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

van der Straeten, E. and Dieterlen, F. 1983. Description de _Praomys ruppi_, une nouvelle espèce de Muridae d'Éthiopie. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale 237:121-127.

Original name as described

Praomys ruppi

Other common names

Rupp's Mouse · Rupp's Stenocephalemys

Type material

SMNS 23160

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bonke, 2800–3200 m, north of Bulta, Gemu-Gofa, Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003496

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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.

Praomys ruppi

(van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1983)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ruppi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMNS 23160

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

121

Authority publication

Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale

Stenocephalemys ruppi

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

ruppi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Happold (2013:553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:801) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45096/115203378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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