Steatomys caurinus

O. Thomas, 1912

Northwestern Fat Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1912-02-01. Mammals of the Panyam Plateau, northern Nigeria.—II. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)9(50):269-274.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639028

Original name as described

Steatomys caurinus

Other common names

Northwestern African Fat Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.16.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5bda57fe-f03d-44a4-8cd7-06179657564f

Type locality

Panyam Plateau, Nigeria, 4000 ft (= 1219 m).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Niger

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003731

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.

Steatomys caurinus

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

caurinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1912.1.16.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5bda57fe-f03d-44a4-8cd7-06179657564f

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639028

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 (1982:467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gautun, Tranier & Sicard (1986:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69391)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20718/22233646) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Steatomys caurinus roseveari

Swanepoel & Schlitter, 1978

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

roseveari

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:467496

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/331ceb56b-e721-48e5-9f70-259ca7e6c4c5

Authority page

73

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52277255

Authority publication

Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

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