Delanymys brooksi

Hayman, 1962

Delany's Swamp Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hayman, R.W. 1962-04-20. A new genus and species of African rodent. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 65(1-2):129-138.

Original name as described

Delanymys brooksi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1961.1610

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c37c90e8-d627-4d4a-8ef0-4004c28c5a11

Type locality

Echuya Swamp, near Kanaba, Kigezi, Uganda.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Burundi

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003711

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.

Delanymys brooksi

Hayman, 1962

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

brooksi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1961.1610

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c37c90e8-d627-4d4a-8ef0-4004c28c5a11

Authority page

132

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6313) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003711) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6313/184098557) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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