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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675938

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003736

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 parvus

Rhoads, 1896

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

parvus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 3879

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

529

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1675938

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:546) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Happold (2013:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  8. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20721/22233188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Steatomys minutus

O. Thomas & Wroughton, 1905

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.5.9.56

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f512f1b7-6737-4586-8419-3fecbf25956a

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19214801

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Hill & Carter (1941:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Steatomys athi

E. Heller, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

athi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162883

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3c359a5a5-5df4-42c9-9a58-c093eab106cf

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8922945

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Steatomys loveridgei

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

loveridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

33

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615801

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Steatomys aquilo

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

aquilo

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.1.438

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b46c5037-3e36-45e3-a318-d306fd400999

Authority page

264

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551152

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:540, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Steatomys muanzae

P. S. Kershaw, 1923

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

muanzae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.8.2.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6aa20562-19e2-404c-bd65-fa6d92656dc9

Authority page

535

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Steatomys swalius

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

swalius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.124

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7a0cd753-c21d-4f5e-b2e4-866c84628f87

Authority page

300

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Steatomys swalius umbratus

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

umbratus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.133

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/788a2460-5c84-400c-b7a8-679afb5bda0b https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c54725aa-db6b-4807-8afb-ad59f6ae776f

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Steatomys krebsi kalaharicus

A. Roberts, 1932

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

kalaharicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 6423

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

11

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Shortridge (1934:257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Steatomys minutus minutus

J. Eric Hill & T. D. Carter, 1941

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

106

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Hill & Carter (1941:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)

Steatomys thomasi

Setzer, 1956

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:79517

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=880f8d1a-be18-4cb5-b585-0988f0690251

Authority page

541

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489227

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:541, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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