Stochomys longicaudatus

(Tullberg, 1893)

Target 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: Stochomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tullberg, T. 1893. Ueber einige Muriden aus Kamerun. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (3)16(12):1-48.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15370272

Original name as described

Dasymys longicaudatus

Type material

UUZM type #299

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Cameroon.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Benin · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Ghana · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Togo · Uganda

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003113

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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: 9 names and synonyms.

Mus hypoleucus

Pucheran, 1855

Family

Muridae

Root name

hypoleucus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1854-1288 (= MNHN:type:352) (= MNHN "1089")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Gabon

Type locality

Gabon.

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2281100

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

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

Dasymys longicaudatus

Tullberg, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UUZM type #299

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

aus der Kamerungegend

Type locality

Cameroon.

Authority page

36

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15370272

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

Tullberg (1893:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15370272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68736)

Mus sebastianus

de Winton, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

sebastianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.2.21.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Efulen, Cameroons

Type locality

Cameroon: 2°46′N, 10°42′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85f5ffb6-40fc-4d6a-8690-437e67fa5d82

Authority page

463

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267943

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:484, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Thomas (1904:417, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16275)
Trouessart (1904:377, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Epimys sebastianus:

Dollman, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

sebastianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472361

Authority publication

Revue zoologique africaine

Name usages

Dollman (1914:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)

Epimys longicaudatus ituricus

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

ituricus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.5.8.120

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Medje, Upper Ituri

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131246

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1915:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Epimys longicaudatus:

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

149

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131246

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1915:149, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16407)

Stochomys longicaudatus ituricus:

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

ituricus

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)
Allen (1939:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Stochomys longicaudatus:

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudatus

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)
Allen (1939:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:556) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:188) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:666) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20863/22455058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Stochomys longicaudatus longicaudatus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

415

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782312

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:415, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

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