Taxonomy Profile: Steatomys parvus (Rhoads 1896)

Steatomys parvus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Steatomys athi
Heller 1910
Steatomys minutus
Thomas and Wroughton 1905
Steatomys swalius
Thomas 1926
Steatomys swalius umbratus
Thomas 1926
Common Name(s):
Tiny Fat Mouse []
Tiny African Fat Mouse []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Steatomys parvus: 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 : Nesomyidae
Subfamily : Dendromurinae
Genus : Steatomys
Fat Mice |
Species : Steatomys parvus
Tiny Fat Mouse |
Tiny African Fat Mouse |
Steatomys parvus Direct Children(s):
Steatomys parvus: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Guy G. Musser
Notes:
Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
Reference for:
Steatomys parvus
Expert:
Michael D. Carleton
Notes:
Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
Reference for:
Steatomys parvus
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2000-01-01 / 2000-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Common Names of Mammals of the World
Page(s):
xiv + 204
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-383-3/
Notes:
With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
Reference for:
Steatomys parvus
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:
Steatomys parvus
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:
Steatomys parvus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Graaff, G. de
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1981-01-01 / 1981-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
The Rodents of Southern Africa
Page(s):
267
Publisher:
Butterworth & Co.
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
0-409-09829-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Steatomys parvus
Steatomys parvus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Africa
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Steatomys parvus: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Distribution and conservation status discussed as a savanna woodland species by Mugo et al. (1995). The single Ethiopian record was first listed as S. pratensis (Yalden et al., 1976) and later reidentified as S. parvus (Yalden et al., 1996). Coetzee (1977a) omitted thomasi from his review; Setzer's (1956) large type series matches the range of variation in what is now regarded as S. parvus. Coetzee (1977a) included the holotype and only specimen of aquilo (EC Sudan, Jebel Marra) in S. parvu...