Nesomys audeberti

(Jentink, 1879)

Audebert's Forest Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1879. On a new genus and species of Mus from Madagascar. Notes from the Leyden Museum 1:107-109.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630986

Original name as described

Hallomys Audeberti

Other common names

Lowland Red Forest Rat · White-bellied Nesomys

Type material

RMNH.MAM.26527.a, RMNH.MAM.26527.b, RMNH.MAM.26527.c, RMNH.MAM.26527.d

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.c https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.d

Type locality

"Maisine and Savary, N. E. Madagascar." Restricted by M. D. Carleton and colleagues in 2014 to "Toamasina Province (former), Analanjirofo Région, west of Antongil Bay toward the western frontier of Fivondronana Mananara Avaratra, ‘Savary'."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003762

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.

Hallomys Audeberti

(Jentink, 1879)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

audeberti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.26527.a, RMNH.MAM.26527.b, RMNH.MAM.26527.c, RMNH.MAM.26527.d

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.c https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.26527.d

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630986

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Nesomys audeberti

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

audeberti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136475/22237564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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