Aethomys ineptus

Aethomys ineptus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Aethomys
Species: Aethomys ineptus

Name

Aethomys ineptus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908)

Type locality: Mozambique, Zambezi River, Tette (= Tete); see Chimimba (1998:432) for details.

Synonyms

• Aethomys chrysophilus capricornis Roberts, 1926
• Aethomys chrysophilus fouriei Roberts, 1946
• Aethomys chrysophilus harei Roberts, 1946
• Aethomys chrysophilus magalakuini Roberts, 1926
• Aethomys chrysophilus tongensis Roberts, 1931
• Mus chrysophilus ineptus Thomas & Wroughton, 1908
• Mus chrysophilus pretoriae Roberts, 1913
• Mus chrysophilus tzaneenensis Jameson, 1909

References

• Thomas, O., and R. C. Wroughton, 1908. The Rudd exploration of S. Africa.—X. List of mammals collected by Mr. Grant near Tette, Zambesia. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1908: 546.
• Jameson, H. L. 1909. On a collection of mammals from South Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4: 460.
• Roberts, A. 1913. The collection of mammals in the Transvaal Museum registered up to 31st March 1913 with descriptions of new species. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 4: 85.
• Roberts, A. 1926. Some new South African mammals and some changes in nomenclature. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 11: 245–263.
• Roberts, A. 1931. New forms of South African mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 14: 235.
• Roberts, A. 1946. Descriptions of numerous new subspecies of mammals. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 20: 303–328.
• Chimimba, T. C., and A. V. Linzey, 2008. Aethomys ineptus. Mammalian Species, 809: 1–7.

Links

• Aethomys ineptus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Aethomys ineptus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Tete Veld Aethomys