Arvicanthis somalicus

O. Thomas, 1903

Somalian 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

Thomas, O. 1903-04. On a collection of mammals from Abyssinia, including some from Lake Tsana, collected by Mr. Edward Degen. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902-II(2):308-316.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413

Original name as described

Arvicanthis somalicus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.3.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e0a0ee97-a40e-4ef6-8c7b-b8e10626eb96

Type locality

"Northern Somali-land. Type from Shuk, alt. 4000 feet."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Somalia · Ethiopia · Kenya · Djibouti?

Taxonomy notes

split from A. neumanni

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/1007023

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 somalicus

O. Thomas, 1903

Family

Muridae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.12.3.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e0a0ee97-a40e-4ef6-8c7b-b8e10626eb96

Authority page

312 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1903:312 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31543413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16362)
  2. Trouessart (1904:387, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423268) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Dollman (1911:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19731)
  4. Allen (1939:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Yalden, Largen, Kock & Hillman (1996:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36072)
  9. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  10. Bryja, Colangelo, Lavrenchenko, Meheretu, Šumbera, Bryjová, Verheyen, Leirs & Castiglia (2019:970) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72480)

Arvicanthis reptans

Dollman, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

reptans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616922

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Dollman (1911:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15616922) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19731)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis somalicus somalicus

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

somalicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782275

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

Arvicanthis somalicus reptans

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

reptans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

378

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782275

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:378, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)

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