Petromyscus monticularis

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

Short-eared 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 monticularis

Other common names

Brukkaros Pygmy Rock Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.167

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cf1a5cf1-9a84-4f51-a48d-b15cf3141bb3

Type locality

"Gt. Brukaros Mt., near Berseba, [Namibia]. 3500'–5200' [= 1067–1585 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Namibia · South Africa

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003769

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 monticularis

(O. Thomas & Hinton, 1925)

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

monticularis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.1.2.167

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cf1a5cf1-9a84-4f51-a48d-b15cf3141bb3

Authority page

238

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Petromyscus monticularis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

monticularis

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 (2013:207) (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 #16779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003769) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16779/115139351) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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