Arvicanthis mearnsi

C. Frick, 1914

Mearns' Grass Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Frick, C. 1914-09. A new genus and some new species and subspecies of Abyssinian rodents. Annals of Carnegie Museum 9(1-2):7-28.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781472

Original name as described

Arvicanthis abyssinicus mearnsi

Type material

CM 3514

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sadi Malka, Hawash River, Abyssinia [= Ethiopia], altitude 2800 ft."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

split from A. niloticus

Taxonomy notes citation

Bryja, J., Colangelo, P., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Meheretu, Y., Šumbera, R., Bryjová, A., Verheyen, E., Leirs, H. and Castiglia, R. 2019. Diversity and evolution of African Grass Rats (Muridae: Arvicanthis)—From radiation in East Africa to repeated colonization of northwestern and southeastern savannas. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 57(4):970-988. doi:10.1111/jzs.12290

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1007022

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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Arvicanthis abyssinicus mearnsi

C. Frick, 1914

Family

Muridae

Root name

mearnsi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 3514

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9781472

Authority publication

Annals of Carnegie Museum

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:374, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis mearnsi

Bryja, Colangelo, Lavrenchenko, Meheretu, Šumbera, Bryjová, E. Verheyen, Leirs, & Castiglia, 2019

Family

Muridae

Root name

mearnsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

970

Authority publication

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Name usages

Bryja, Colangelo, Lavrenchenko, Meheretu, Šumbera, Bryjová, Verheyen, Leirs & Castiglia (2019:970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72480)

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