Ochromyscus niveiventris

(Osgood, 1910)

Snowy White-bellied Rocky Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1910-02. Diagnoses of new East African mammals, including a new genus of Muridae. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(2):5-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462383

Original name as described

Mus niveiventris

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:17099

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4dee7900-8805-47ea-b1db-6bf6d7aab311

Type locality

Voi, British East Africa (= Kenya).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia · South Sudan · Uganda · Kenya · Tanzania · Sudan · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Taxonomy notes

split from O. brockmani; moved from Myomyscus to the recently described Ochromyscus

Taxonomy notes citation

Nicolas, V., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L. A., Šumbera, R., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., ... & Bryja, J. (2021). Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: aMurinae) rodents: first fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 107263. · Meheretu, Y., Mikula, O., Frynta, D., Frýdlová, P., Mulualem, G., Lavrenchenko, L. A., ... & Bryja, J. (2023). Phylogeny, biogeography, and integrative taxonomic revision of the Afro-Arabian rodent genus Ochromyscus (Muridae: Murinae: Praomyini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlad158.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006778

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.

Epimys niveiventris ulae

(E. Heller, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ulae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:162887

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f130f1df-253a-470d-988d-54994e6f593c

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8813193

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Mus niveiventris

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

niveiventris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:17099

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=4dee7900-8805-47ea-b1db-6bf6d7aab311

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462383

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1910:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus niveiventris subfuscus

(Osgood, 1910)

Family

Muridae

Root name

subfuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:16972

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=84e119b1-314c-4474-ad2f-a3033ba5ab8a

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462383

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1910:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Epimys niveiventris

(Dollman, 1914)

Family

Muridae

Root name

niveiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472370

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Dollman (1914:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Praomys fumatus oweni

(Setzer, 1956)

Family

Muridae

Root name

oweni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:45883

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:45883

Authority page

525

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489203

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Setzer (1956:525, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Praomys fumatus subfuscus

(Setzer, 1956)

Family

Muridae

Root name

subfuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

526

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489204

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

Setzer (1956:526, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)

Ochromyscus niveiventris

Meheretu, Mikula, Frynta, Frýdlová, Mulualem, Lavrenchenko, Kostin, Sh Abdirahman Elmi, Šumbera, & Bryja, 2023

Family

Muridae

Root name

niveiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Meheretu, Mikula, Frynta, Frýdlová, Mulualem, Lavrenchenko, Kostin, Sh Abdirahman Elmi, Šumbera & Bryja (2023:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68162)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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