Prionomys batesi

Dollman, 1910

Bates's African Climbing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Supramyomorpha
Infraorder: Myomorphi
Superfamily: Muroidea
Family: Nesomyidae
Subfamily: Dendromurinae
Genus: Prionomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dollman, G. 1910-08-01. Two new African mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)6(32):226-230.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628989

Original name as described

Prionomys batesi

Other common names

Dollman's African Tree Mouse · Dollman's Tree Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1911.5.5.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/066dfaaa-ef6c-414e-a714-0fd93ce82201

Type locality

"Bitye, Ja River, Cameroons [= Cameroon]. Altitude 2000 feet [= 610 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003729

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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: 1 name and synonym.

Prionomys batesi

Dollman, 1910

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

batesi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.5.5.9

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bitye, Ja River, Cameroons. Altitude 2000 feet.

Type locality

Cameroon: 3°1′N, 12°22′E.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/066dfaaa-ef6c-414e-a714-0fd93ce82201

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628989

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Allen (1939:356, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Petter & Genest (1970:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3946)
Corbet & Hill (1980:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:545) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Denys, Colyn & Nicolas (2006:59) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/6299)
Happold (2013:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18164/22236213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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