Dasymys nudipes

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Arvicanthini
Genus: Dasymys
Species: Dasymys nudipes

Name

• Dasymys nudipes (Peters, 1870)

Holotype: MB - destroyed by fire in 1978.

Type locality: “Huilla”, Angola.

Neotype: AMNH 87.744, adult ♂, skin and skull. [designated by Verheyen et al. (2003: 38)]

Neotype locality: “Humpata (15.01S - 13.21E; alt. 6300 ft).” [designated by Verheyen et al. (2003: 38)]

References

Primary references

• Peters, W. 1870. Lista de Mammiferos das possessões Portuguezas da Africa occidental e diagnoses de algunas especies novas. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes, Academia Real das Sciencias de Lisboa, Serie 1, 3: 123–127.
• Verheyen, W.N., Hulselmans, J., Dierckx, T., Colyn, M., Leirs, H. & Verheyen, E. 2003. A craniometric and genetic approach to the systematics of the genus Dasymys Peters, 1875, selection of a neotype and description of three new taxa (Rodentia, Muridae, Africa). Bulletin de L’Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Biologie 73: 27–71. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Dasymys nudipes 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: Dasymys nudipes  (Data Deficient)

Vernacular names

English: Angolan Dasymys