Dasymys cabrali

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 cabrali

Name

Dasymys cabrali W. Verheyen, Hulselmans, Dierckx, Colyn, Leirs & E. Verheyen, 2003: 39

• Holotype: BMNH 35.9.1.662, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “near the Okavango river (Omatoka Junction) - Groot Fontein District, S. W. Africa (17.56S - 20.25E; alt.± 1080 m)”.

Synonyms

• Dasymys shortridgei Mullin, Taylor & Pillay, 2004: 219 [synonymised by Hoffmann et al. (2009: 15)]
  • Holotype: AM 5899, adult ♂, skin and skull.
  • Type locality: “Okavango-Omatako, Grootfontein; 1080m, Namibia”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Mullin, S.K., Taylor, P.J. & Pillay, N. 2004. Skull size and shape of Dasymys (Rodentia, Muridae) from sub-Saharan Africa. Mammalia 68(2-3): 185–220. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2004.019 Reference page. 
• Hoffmann, M., Grubb, P., Groves, C.P., Hutterer, R., van der Straeten, E., Simmons, N. & Bergmans, W. 2009. A synthesis of African and Western Indian Ocean Island mammal taxa (Class: Mammalia) described between 1988 and 2008: an update to Allen (1939) and Ansell (1989). Zootaxa 2205: 1–36. Abstract & excerpt ResearchGate Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Crawford-Cabral’s Dasymys