Taxonomy Profile: Dasymys incomtus (Sundevall 1847)

Dasymys incomtus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Dasymys gueinzii
Peters 1875
Dasymys helukus
Heller 1910
Dasymys medius
Thomas 1906
Dasymys orthos
Heller 1911
Dasymys savannus
Heller 1911
Dasymys incomtus capensis
Roberts 1936
Dasymys incomtus fuscus
de Winton 1897
Dasymys helukus nigridius
Hollister 1916
Common Name(s):
Common Dasymys []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Dasymys incomtus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Eutheria
Order : Rodentia
rodents |
esquilo |
preá |
rato |
roedor |
rongeurs |
Suborder : Myomorpha
Mice |
Rats |
Rats |
souris |
Voles |
Gerbils |
Hamsters |
Lemmings |
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
mice |
rats |
voles |
campagnols |
rats |
souris |
Subfamily : Murinae
Old World rats |
Old World mice |
Genus : Dasymys
Shaggy African Marsh Rats |
Species : Dasymys incomtus
Common Dasymys |
Dasymys incomtus Direct Children(s):
Dasymys incomtus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Dasymys incomtus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Dasymys incomtus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Dasymys incomtus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Dasymys incomtus
Dasymys incomtus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Dasymys incomtus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Data Deficient
Comment:
Comments: Despite recent attempts at systematic revision (e. g., W. Verheyen et al., 2003), morphological and geographic definition of D. incomtus remains intractable and probably a complex of several species. W. Verheyen et al. (2003), for example, considered bentleyae to be one of the synonyms of D. incomtus in one part of their report (p. 36) but elsewhere treated it as a separate species with an expansive range '... consisting mainly of the fringes of the lowland rain forest between the Atlantic ...