Petromyscus collinus

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

Common Pygmy Rock Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. and Hinton, M.A.C. 1925-04-03. On mammals collected in 1923 by Captain. G. C. Shortridge during the Percy Sladen and Kaffrarian Museum Expedition to South-West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1925(1):221-246.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1925.tb03348.x

Original name as described

Praomys collinus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.166

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fe7db76b-abbf-4ec6-8e8e-462bbff09226

Type locality

Karibib, Namibia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003768

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.

Praomys collinus

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

collinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.166

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fe7db76b-abbf-4ec6-8e8e-462bbff09226

Authority page

237

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Praomys collinus bruchus

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

bruchus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.172

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4cd3b6bc-6ed1-4ed2-94ef-9deb7be9e1b1

Authority page

238

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

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

Petromyscus collinus rufus

Lundholm, 1955

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10504

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Petromyscus collinus variabilis

Lundholm, 1955

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

variabilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 10505

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

299

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Petromyscus shortridgei kaokensis

A. Roberts, 1938

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

kaokensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 8185

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

239

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Petromyscus collinus namibensis

A. Roberts, 1948

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

namibensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

TM 9526

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

65

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

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

Petromyscus collinus kurzi

E. von Lehmann, 1955

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

kurzi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1955.75

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

171

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44683621

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Petromyscus collinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

collinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:455) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Happold (2013:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16778/115139225) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Petromyscus collinus capensis

Shortridge & T. D. Carter, 1938

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

capensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40891090

Authority publication

Annals of the South African Museum

Name usages

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

Petromyscus collinus kaokoensis

Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

kaokoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

298

Authority publication

London

Petromyscus shortridgei kaokoensis

Meester, Rautenbach, Dippenaar, & C. M. Baker, 1986

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

kaokoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

263

Authority publication

Transvaal Museum Monograph

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005:954) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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