Delanymys brooksi

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: Nesomyidae
Subfamilia: Delanymyinae
Genus: Delanymys
Species: Delanymys brooksi

Name

Delanymys brooksi Hayman, 1962: 132

• Holotype: BMNH 1961.1610, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by M.J. Delany on 4 September 1961.
• Type locality: “Echuya (or Muchuya) Swamp, near Kanaba, Kigezi, S. W. Uganda”.

References

Primary references

• Hayman, R.W. 1962. A new genus and species of African rodent. Revue de zoologie et de botanique africaines 65: 129–138. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Delany's Swamp Mouse