Colomys eisentrauti

Dieterlen, 1983

Cameroonean Wading Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Praomyini
Genus : Colomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Dieterlen, F. 1983. Zur Systematik, Verbreitung und Ökologie von _Colomys goslingi_ Thomas & Wroughton, 1907 (Muridae; Rodentia). Bonner zoologische Beiträge 34(1-3):73-106.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44719955

Original name as described

Colomys goslingi eisentrauti

Type material

ZFMK:Mamm:1974.366

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

the edge of a creek in montane forest of the Bafut-Ngemba Forest Reserve, Mt. Lefo, SE Bamenda, Cameroon, at 1800–1900 m a.s.l. (05°49'–05°53' N, 10°13'–10°12' E).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon

Taxonomy notes

split from C. goslingi

Taxonomy notes citation

Giarla, T. C., Demos, T. C., Monadjem, A., Hutterer, R., Dalton, D., Mamba, M. L., Roff, E. A., Mosher, F. M., Mikeš, V., Kofron, C. P., Kerbis Peterhans, J. C. (2020). Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of Colomys and Nilopegamys (Rodentia: Murinae), semi-aquatic mice of Africa, with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa108.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006492

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.

Colomys goslingi eisentrauti

Dieterlen, 1983

Family

Muridae

Root name

eisentrauti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZFMK:Mamm:1974.366

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44719955

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

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

Colomys eisentrauti

Giarla, Demos, Monadjem, Hutterer, D. Dalton, Mamba, Roff, Mosher, Mikeš, Kofron, & Kerbis Peterhans, 2020

Family

Muridae

Root name

eisentrauti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

227

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Giarla, Demos, Monadjem, Hutterer, Dalton, Mamba, Roff, Mosher, Mikeš, Kofron & Kerbis Peterhans (2020:227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/51574)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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