Congomys verschureni

(W. N. Verheyen & van der Straeten, 1977)

Verschuren's Swamp Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Verheyen, W.N. and van der Straeten, E. 1977-09-30. Description of Malacomys verschureni, a new murid-species from central Africa. Revue de zoologie africaine 91(3):737-744.

Original name as described

Malacomys verschureni

Other common names

Verschuren's Soft-furred Mouse · Verschuren's Praomys · Verschuren's Swamp Rat

Type material

RMCA 1982.011-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mamiki, Orientale Province, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Taxonomy notes

moved from Praomys to the recently described Congomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Nicolas, V., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Šumbera, R., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y., Verheyen, E., Missoup, A.D., Lemmon, A.R., Moriarty Lemmon, E. and Bryja, J. 2021. Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163:107263. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003492

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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.

Malacomys verschureni

W. N. Verheyen & van der Straeten, 1977

Family

Muridae

Root name

verschureni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMCA 1982.011-M-0001

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Mamiki (République du Zaïre)

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authority page

739

Authority publication

Revue de zoologie africaine

Name usages

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 (1993:608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)

Praomys verschureni:

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Muridae

Root name

verschureni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #45090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #45090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/45090/22418977) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Congomys verschureni:

Nicolas, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Bartáková, Bryjová, Meheretu, E. Verheyen, Missoup, Lemmon, Moriarty Lemmon, & Bryja, 2021

Family

Muridae

Root name

verschureni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Name usages

Nicolas, Mikula, Lavrenchenko, Šumbera, Bartáková, Bryjová, Meheretu, Verheyen, Missoup, Lemmon, Moriarty Lemmon & Bryja (2021:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58408)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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