Malacomys longipes

A. Milne-Edwards, 1876

Common Swamp Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Milne-Edwards, A. 1876-03-08. M. Alphonse Milne-Edwards a communiqué la note suivante sur quelques Mammiféres et quelques Crustacés nouveaux. L'Institut (n.s.)4(164):77-78.

Original name as described

Malacomys longipes

Other common names

Common Malacomys · Long-footed Swamp Rat · Big-eared Swamp Rat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1873-58 (= MNHN:type:351) (= MNHN "936")

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Gaboon River, Gabon" (= vicinity of Ogooué River, Gabon).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Nigeria · Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003337

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.

Total: 8 names and synonyms.

Malacomys longipes

A. Milne-Edwards, 1876

Family

Muridae

Root name

longipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1873-58 (= MNHN:type:351) (= MNHN "936")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Gabon

Type locality

Gabon.

Authority page

78

Authority publication

L'Institut

Name usages

Milne-Edwards (1876:78) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69177)
Milne-Edwards (1876:332, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5211529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68811)
Milne-Edwards (1877:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31643621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68807)
Trouessart (1897:494, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435038) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Hayman (1936:932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hayman (1963:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)
Eisentraut (1963:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)
Corbet & Hill (1980:179) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12704) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12704/115105564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Mus longipes:

Tullberg, 1893

Family

Muridae

Root name

longipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15370250

Authority publication

Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis

Name usages

Tullberg (1893:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15370250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68736)

Malacomys centralis

de Winton, 1897

Family

Muridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1887.12.1.60

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7c0058f3-5bad-47a8-8d21-a8b196f5c974

Authority page

465

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19267945

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:495, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435039) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:384, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Dollman (1914:85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11472365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16563)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Malacomys wilsoni

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Muridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1916.5.15.32

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Inkongo

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129813

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Kershaw (1923:367, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32989869) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17116)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Malacomys longipes centralis:

Hayman, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

932

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hayman (1936:932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Malacomys longipes longipes:

Hayman, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

longipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

932

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hayman (1936:932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Eisentraut (1963:137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68788)

Malacomys longipes wilsoni:

Hayman, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

wilsoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

932

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Hayman (1936:932) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14108)
Allen (1939:397, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782294) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hayman (1963:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

Malacomys longipes australis

Ansell, 1958

Family

Muridae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

at the Sakeji stream, Mwinilunga district, N. Rhodesia (11° 22' S., 24° 15' E.).

Type locality

Zambia.

Authority page

340

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

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