Steatomys opimus

de Pousargues, 1894

Pousargues's Fat Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pousargues, E. de. 1894. Diagnose d'une nouvelle espèce de Muridé africain appartenant au genre Steatomys Peters. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 19:131-134.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3070893

Original name as described

Steatomys opimus

Other common names

Pousargues African Fat Mouse

Type material

MNHN:type:385 (= MNHN "1892"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1892-1196 (= MNHN:type:384) (= MNHN "891a")

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Balao, dans le pays des Dakoas, par 5° 26' de latitude Nord et environ 17° 40' de longitude Est, " Central African Republic.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Cameroon · Central African Republic · Democratic Republic of the Congo · South Sudan

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003735

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Steatomys opimus

de Pousargues, 1894

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

opimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN:type:385 (= MNHN "1892"), MNHN-ZM-MO-1892-1196 (= MNHN:type:384) (= MNHN "891a")

Type kind

syntypes

Original type locality

près de Balao, dans le pays des Dakoas, par 5° 26' de latitude Nord et environ 17° 40' de longitude Est

Type locality

Central African Republic: 5°26′N, 17°40′E.

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3070893

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France

Name usages

Pousargues (1894:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3070893) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68555)
Trouessart (1897:470, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1939:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Petter & Genest (1970:452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3946)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136513/22233848) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Steatomys gazellae

O. Thomas & Hinton, 1923

Family

Nesomyidae

Root name

gazellae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.7.4

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bahr-el-Ghazal; type from Tamburas.

Type locality

South Sudan.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a8927fb8-4530-48f5-96ea-b0353486c961

Authority page

265

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31551153

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Allen (1939:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Setzer (1956:541, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7489227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5501)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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