Poemys nyikae

(Wroughton, 1909)

Nyika African Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wroughton, R.C. 1909-03-01. New species of Dendromus and Tatera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)3(15):246-249.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071617

Original name as described

Dendromus nyikæ

Other common names

Nyika Climbing Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b2c3c4c-db01-4d21-b636-a5539274f595

Type locality

Nyika Plateau, Malawi.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi · Tanzania · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · South Africa

Taxonomy notes

moved from Dendromus to Poemys

Taxonomy notes citation

Voelker, G., Huntley, J. W., Bryja, J., Denys, C., Šumbera, R., Demos, T. C., ... & Peterhans, J. K. (2021). Molecular systematics and biogeographic history of the African climbing-mouse complex (Dendromus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 161, 107166.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003723

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.

Dendromus nyikæ

(Wroughton, 1909)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.123

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9b2c3c4c-db01-4d21-b636-a5539274f595

Authority page

248

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071617

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1910:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462393) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6447) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6447/115081603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dendromus longicaudatus

(A. Roberts, 1913)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 134

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

83

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439541

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:83, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Roberts (1924:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17634)
  3. Lundholm (1955:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Dendromus (Poemys) angolensis

(A. Roberts, 1929)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 5196

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Dendromus nigrifrons angolensis

(J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

angolensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

104

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hill & Carter (1941:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Dendromus longicaudatus bernardi

(Lundholm, 1955)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

bernardi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10516

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

298

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Lundholm (1955:298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17630)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Poemys nyikae

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003723

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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