Steatomys jacksoni

Hayman, 1936

Jackson's 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

Hayman, R.W. 1936-04. On a collection of mammals from the Gold Coast. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1935(4):915-937.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1935.tb06271.x

Original name as described

Steatomys jacksoni

Other common names

Jackson's African Fat Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1935.1.30.157

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f08385b7-a2fc-41ff-aa69-0fb017898dae

Type locality

Wenchi, Ashanti, Ghana.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ghana · Nigeria

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003733

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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 jacksoni

Hayman, 1936

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

jacksoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.1.30.157

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f08385b7-a2fc-41ff-aa69-0fb017898dae

Authority page

930

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20717) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20717/115159338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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