Pelomys campanae

(Huet, 1888)

Angolan Groove-toothed Swamp 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: Pelomys
Subgenus: Pelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Huet, J. 1888-06-15. Sur une nouvelle espèce de rat de Landana, côte occidentale d'Afrique. Le Naturaliste (2)10(31):143-144.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10452979

Original name as described

Golunda Campanæ

Other common names

Angolan Pelomys · Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1888-1 (= MNHN:type:355) (= MNHN "1113"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1888-2 (= MNHN:type:355a) (= MNHN "1112")

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Landana, west coast of Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003103

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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: 3 names and synonyms.

Golunda Campanæ

Huet, 1888

Family

Muridae

Root name

campanae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1888-1 (= MNHN:type:355) (= MNHN "1113"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1888-2 (= MNHN:type:355a) (= MNHN "1112")

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

Landana, côte occidentale d'Afrique

Type locality

Angola.

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10452979

Authority publication

Le Naturaliste

Name usages

Huet (1888:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10452979) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68814)
Trouessart (1897:500, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:389, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Golunda Campanai:

de Pousargues, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

campanai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099309

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Pousargues (1893:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3099309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68687)

Pelomys campanæ:

O. Thomas, 1904

Family

Muridae

Root name

campanae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108501

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1904:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
Kershaw (1923:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
Allen (1939:408, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Corbet & Hill (1980:171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:639) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #16508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #16508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16508/115134462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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