Mystromys albicaudatus

(A. Smith, 1834)

African White-tailed Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Mystromyinae
Genus : Mystromys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Smith, A. 1834. African Zoology. South African Quarterly Journal (2)2(2):145-160.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968266

Original name as described

Otomys albicaudatus

Other common names

Southern African Hamster · White-tailed Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1843.2.28.7, BMNH:Mamm:1873.12.8.6

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2acf6868-bf37-486b-a78e-6dab4fcf0c72 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c51c396-1f43-4252-880d-338861811eca

Type locality

Albany District, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

South Africa · Lesotho

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003738

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.

Otomys albicaudatus

(A. Smith, 1834)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

albicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.2.28.7, BMNH:Mamm:1873.12.8.6

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/2acf6868-bf37-486b-a78e-6dab4fcf0c72 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c51c396-1f43-4252-880d-338861811eca

Authority page

148

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15968266

Authority publication

South African Quarterly Journal

Name usages

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

Mystromys albicaudatus fumosus

O. Thomas & Schwann, 1905

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

fumosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.9.1.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/abf3a92d-5602-4af2-b5de-81a51dab0698

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31856663

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mystromys antiquus

de Graaff, 1961

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

antiquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 1557

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Palaeontologia africana

Mystromys albipes

J. A. Wagner, 1841

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

albipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

435

Authority publication

Gelehrte Anzeigen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mystromys albicaudatus

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

albicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439549

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439549) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Roberts (1937:79) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35343)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:428) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003738) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14262/22237378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Euryotis lanuginosa

(H. Lichtenstein, 1842)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

lanuginosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29119848

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

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

Mystromys hauslichtneri

Broom, 1937

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

hauslichtneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

766

Authority publication

South African Journal of Science

Name usages

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

Mystromys antiquus

Broom in Broom & Schepers, 1946

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

antiquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

29, unnumbered (legend to fig. 1, between pp. 25 and 26)

Authority publication

Transvaal Museum Memoir

Mystromys antiquus

Broom, 1948

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

antiquus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

37, 38

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Mystromys hausleitneri barlowi

Broom, 1948

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

barlowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

38

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Mystromys hausleitneri

Broom, 1948

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

hausleitneri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

36

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Mystromys antiquees

Lavocat, 1957

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

antiquees

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

71

Authority publication

Palaeontologia africana

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