Prionomys batesi

Dollman, 1910

Bates's 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 : Prionomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dollman, G. 1910-08-01. Two new African mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(32):226-230.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628989

Original name as described

Prionomys batesi

Other common names

Dollman's African Tree Mouse · Dollman's Tree Mouse

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bitye, Ja River, Cameroons [= Cameroon]. Altitude 2000 feet [= 610 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003729

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.

Prionomys batesi

Dollman, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

batesi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628989

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18164/22236213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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