Petromyscus shortridgei

O. Thomas, 1926

Shortridge's 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. 1926-04. On mammals from Ovamboland and the Cunene River, obtained during Capt. Shortridge's third Percy Sladen and Kaffrarian Museum Expedition into South-West Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926:285-312.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1926.tb01549.x

Original name as described

Petromyscus shortridgei

Other common names

Kaokoveld Pygmy Rock Mouse · Shortridge's Rock Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.147

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/be2d83f6-3ab1-4f16-ade5-d3d83e46966a

Type locality

"Cunene Falls, N.W. Ovamboland, [southern Angola]. 3350' [= 1022 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Namibia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003770

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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.

Petromyscus shortridgei

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.12.4.147

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/be2d83f6-3ab1-4f16-ade5-d3d83e46966a

Authority page

302

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1929:108) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14027)
  2. Shortridge (1934:265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69309)
  3. Hill & Carter (1941:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Happold (2013:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16780/22235864) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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