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/1675938Original 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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