Saccostomus mearnsi

E. Heller, 1910

East African Pouched Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Cricetomyinae
Genus : Saccostomus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heller, E. 1910-02-28. Five new rodents from British East Africa. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 54(4):1-4.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8922945

Original name as described

Saccostomus mearnsi

Other common names

Mearn's Pouched Mouse

Type material

USNM:MAMM:162882

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37a28c740-d802-40ac-9833-20f72068a53e

Type locality

"Changamwe, British East Africa [= Kenya]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Kenya · Ethiopia · Somalia

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. umbriventer; has been considered a synonym of S. campestris, but it is considered distinct following recent publications

Taxonomy notes citation

Mikula, O., Sumbera, R., Aghova, T., Mbau, J.S., Katakweba, A.S., Sabuni, C.A., Bryja, J. 2016. Evolutionary history and species diversity of African pouched mice (Rodentia: Nesomyidae: Saccostomus). Zoological Scripta 45(6): 595-617.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003709

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.

Saccostomus mearnsi

E. Heller, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

mearnsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162882

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37a28c740-d802-40ac-9833-20f72068a53e

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8922945

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:464, 465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003709) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19809/115153561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Saccostomus isiolae

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

isiolae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181803

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31b08f364-f5f9-4b72-8505-ea911be61593

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814882

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Saccostomus cricetulus

G. M. Allen & B. Lawrence, 1936

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

cricetulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:31475

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:31475

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

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

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