Aethomys hindei

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Hinde's Rock Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1902-03-01. On two new species of Mus discovered by Mr. S. L. Hinde in British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9(51):218-220.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331501

Original name as described

Mus Hindei

Other common names

Hinde's Aethomys · Hinde's Veld Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.12.9.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9fcf77c-b00e-4326-803c-95c733557409

Type locality

Machakos, Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003034

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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.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Mus Hindei

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Muridae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.12.9.9

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Machakos, British East Africa. Alt. 5400 feet.

Type locality

Kenya: 1°31′16″S, 37°15′58″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9fcf77c-b00e-4326-803c-95c733557409

Authority page

218

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331501

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1904:417, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
Trouessart (1904:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Osgood (1910:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
Berger (1910:337, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43615788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67836)

Mus alghazal

Wroughton, 1907

Family

Muridae

Root name

alghazal

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Chak Chak, Bahr-el-Ghazal.

Type locality

South Sudan: 8°39′57″N, 26°51′14″E.

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413754

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mus medicatus

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

medicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.2.14

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mumias, B. E. Africa. Alt. 4500'.

Type locality

Kenya: 0°20′10″N, 34°29′22″E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ea35437-72fe-4d70-a84d-8461e4fbd4b8

Authority page

540

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097921

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Mus noræ

Wroughton, 1909

Family

Muridae

Root name

norae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.7.8.11

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Guasa Narok, Upper Guaso Nyiro, Brit. E. Africa.

Type locality

Kenya.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6bc062d2-1bfd-4231-b7cd-3a4b8481d898

Authority page

541

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097922

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Epimys kaiseri centralis

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

USNM:MAMM:165035

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Uganda: 2°59′57″N, 31°17′17″E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d332e3b9-921c-4707-8dbb-370a202ba022

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816786

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Heller (1914:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38798)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Epimys kaiseri hindei:

E. Heller, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816784

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Heller (1914:8, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38798)

Rattus helleri

Hollister, 1918

Family

Muridae

Root name

helleri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

USNM:MAMM:165035

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Uganda: 2°59′57″N, 31°17′17″E.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d332e3b9-921c-4707-8dbb-370a202ba022

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332140

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

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

Æthomys hindei:

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

hindei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19476)
Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/571/115050521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Æthomys medicatus:

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

medicatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19476)

Æthomys noræ:

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

norae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

177

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19476)

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