Aethomys nyikae

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Nyika Rock 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 : Aethomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1897-10. Exhibition of small mammals collected by Mr. Alexander Whyte during his expedition to the Nyika plateau and Masuka Mountains, NR Nyasa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1897(3):430-436.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987616

Original name as described

Mus nyikae

Other common names

Nyika Aethomys · Nyika Veld Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.189

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9c780aa-3613-4f41-a173-96e0ee0b702d

Type locality

Nyika Plateau, N Malawi.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003037

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.

Total: 4 names and synonyms.

Mus nyikae

(O. Thomas, 1897)

Family

Muridae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.1.189

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b9c780aa-3613-4f41-a173-96e0ee0b702d

Authority page

431

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30987616

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1898:936, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)
Trouessart (1904:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Aethomys chrysophilus dollmani

Hatt, 1934

Family

Muridae

Root name

dollmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.12.13.52

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

8

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Allen (1939:368, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Æthomys nyikæ

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Muridae

Root name

nyikae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

372

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782269

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782269) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Happold (2013:373) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27625)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/574/115050999) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rattus (Aethomys) chrysophilus dollmani

(Hayman, 1963)

Family

Muridae

Root name

dollmani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Publicações culturais, Companhia de Diamantes de Angola

Name usages

Hayman (1963:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68592)

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