Mus imberbis

Rüppell, 1842

Ethiopian Striped Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Muridae
Subfamily: Murinae
Tribe: Murini
Genus: Mus
Subgenus: Nannomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rüppell, E. 1842. Säugethiere aus der Ordnung der Nager, beobachtet im nordöstlichen Africa. Museum Senckenbergianum 3(2):91-116.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886773

Original name as described

Mus imberbis

Other common names

Ethiopian Mouse

Type material

SMF:MAMM:778

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

«Provinz Simen [= Simien], » northern Ethiopia.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

moved to Mus from Muriculus

Taxonomy notes citation

Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R. and Bryja, J. 2014. Enigmatic Ethiopian endemic rodent Muriculus imberbis (Rüppell 1842) represents a separate lineage within genus Mus. Mammalia 79(1):15-23. doi:10.1515/mammalia-2013-0119

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003363

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: 4 names and synonyms.

Mus imberbis

Rüppell, 1842

Family

Muridae

Root name

imberbis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:778

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bewohnt in der Provinz Simen Erdhöhlen in denselben Feldern und Wiesen, in welchen Mus abyssinicus lebt

Type locality

Ethiopia.

Authority page

110

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886773

Authority publication

Museum Senckenbergianum

Name usages

Giebel (1855:564, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548755) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
Murray (1866:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Fitzinger (1867:72, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476758) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Trouessart (1897:489, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435033) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:791) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003363) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Muriculus imberbis:

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Muridae

Root name

imberbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

314

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543415

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1903:314, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)
Trouessart (1904:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Osgood (1936:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15466)
Allen (1939:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:621) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:472) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13935/22454386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Muriculus imberbis chilaloensis

Osgood, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

chilaloensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:28669

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mount Albasso, northeastern Chilalo Mountains, Arusi, Ethiopia. Alt. 10, 700 ft.

Type locality

Ethiopia: 7°55′N, 39°27′E.

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bf91ea13-dcb4-412f-8474-9f78c3d03938

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778339

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1936:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15466)
Allen (1939:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Muriculus imberbis imberbis:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

imberbis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

402

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782299

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:402, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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