Steatomys parvus

Rhoads, 1896

Tiny 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

Rhoads, S.N. 1896-12-08. Mammals collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith during His expedition to Lake Rudolf, Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 48:517-546.

Original name as described

Steatomys parvus

Other common names

Tiny African Fat Mouse

Type material

ANSP 3879

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Rusia, Lake Rudolf [= on the shore of Lake Turkana, Ethiopia], Africa."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Uganda · Ethiopia · Kenya · Tanzania · Angola · Namibia · Botswana · Zambia · Zimbabwe · South Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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