Steatomys cuppedius

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1920

Dainty 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. and Hinton, M.A.C. 1920-06-15. Captain Angus Buchanan's Aïr Expedition. I. On a series of small mammals from Kano. Novitates Zoologicae 27(1):315-320.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3243019

Original name as described

Steatomys cuppedius

Other common names

Dainty African Fat Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.85

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/542e8da4-eee7-4aa0-ae19-2acc92774331 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ab20af1-2ea6-43ae-aa94-c0cc8827a118

Type locality

"Farniso, near Kano, North Nigeria (altitude 1,700 ft. [= 518 m])."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Senegal · Benin · Nigeria · Niger · Burkina Faso? · Mali?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003732

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 cuppedius

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1920

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

cuppedius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.2.11.85

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/542e8da4-eee7-4aa0-ae19-2acc92774331 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8ab20af1-2ea6-43ae-aa94-c0cc8827a118

Authority page

318

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3243019

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

  1. Thomas & Hinton (1920:318, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3243019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67554)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:467, 468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  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 (2013:194) (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 #20719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003732) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20719/22233546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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