Zelotomys hildegardeae

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Hildegarde's Broad-headed 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: Zelotomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1902-03-01. On two new species of Mus discovered by Mr. S. L. Hinde in British East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9(51):218-220.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331502

Original name as described

Mus Hildegardeæ

Other common names

Hildegarde's Zelotomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.7.10

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/312bb225-e844-449f-8ebf-90bbf2eb0626

Type locality

"Machakos, 5400 feet [= 1646 m], " Kenya.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Burundi · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kenya · Malawi · Rwanda · South Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003497

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: 10 names and synonyms.

Mus Hildegardeæ

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Muridae

Root name

hildegardeae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.8.7.10

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Machakos, 5400 feet

Type locality

Kenya.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/312bb225-e844-449f-8ebf-90bbf2eb0626

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331502

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:374, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423255) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Zelotomys hildegardeæ:

Osgood, 1910

Family

Muridae

Root name

hildegardeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

7

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462394

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1910:7, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4462394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10092)
Allen (1939:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:559) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:674) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:813) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #23197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #23197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/23197/115168088) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Zelotomys hildegardae vinaceus

E. Heller, 1912

Family

Muridae

Root name

vinaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:181798

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Kenya.

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3492dc8bb-a3bd-4038-932f-9f1d39d52658

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814878

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

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

Zelotomys instans

O. Thomas, 1915

Family

Muridae

Root name

instans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Poko, Welle

Type locality

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Authority page

480

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22131577

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Zelotomys shortridgei

Hinton, 1920

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

N'dola

Type locality

Zambia.

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240040

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Zelotomys shortridgei kuvelaiensis

St. Leger, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

kuvelaiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1935.3.20.11

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

50 km. above Mupa, Kuvelai River, Mossamedes

Type locality

Angola.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ff5d6149-bfef-457e-af10-bf1bd57e4f60

Authority page

470

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Hill & Carter (1941:88) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16955)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Zelotomys hildegardeæ hildegardeæ:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

hildegardeae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Zelotomys shortridgei shortridgei:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

shortridgei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Zelotomys hildegardeæ vinaceus:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

vinaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

422

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:422, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Zelotomys hildegardeae lillyana

L. Bohmann, 1950

Family

Muridae

Root name

lillyanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Tanzania.

Authority page

68

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

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