Arvicanthis saturatus

Dollman, 1911

Menangesha 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

Dollman, G. 1911-08-29. On Arvicanthis abyssinicus and allied East-African species, with descriptions of four new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)8(45):334-353.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617144

Original name as described

Arvicanthis abyssinicus saturatus

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.1.70

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/934079da-0996-41c5-844f-0e9d81adc0e9

Type locality

"Didessa River, near Guma, Abyssinia [= Ethiopia]".

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Ethiopia

Taxonomy notes

split from A. abyssinicus

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/1007024

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 saturatus

Dollman, 1911

Family

Muridae

Root name

saturatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1906.11.1.70

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/934079da-0996-41c5-844f-0e9d81adc0e9

Authority page

343

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15617144

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1939:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782272) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis abyssinicus fluvicinctus

Osgood, 1936

Family

Muridae

Root name

fluvicinctus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:27994

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=98f9b20a-60a5-4310-868f-5ea0d2cb055c

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778345

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1936:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15466)
  2. Allen (1939:374, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Arvicanthis saturatus

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

Family

Muridae

Root name

saturatus

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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