Colomys lumumbai
Kerbis Peterhans, Giarla, & Demos in Giarla, Demos, Monadjem, Hutterer, D. Dalton, Mamba, Roff, Mosher, Mikeš, Kofron, & Kerbis Peterhans, 2020
Congo 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
Authority 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. and Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. 2020-10-08. 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 192(1):206-235.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa108Original name as described
Colomys lumumbai
Other common names
Lumumba's Wading Rat
Type material
AMNH M-55219
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
St. Joseph de Luluabourg (= Kananga, 5.89° S, 22.42° E), c. 640 m a.s.l., DR Congo.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Zambia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
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
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