Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Nilopegamys
Species: Nilopegamys plumbeus

Name

  • Nilopegamys plumbeus Osgood, 1928: 185

Holotype: FMNH 28633, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “small stream tributary of the Little Abbai, between Sakalla and Njabarra [= Enjibara, Injibarra], Gojam, Abyssinia [=Ethiopia]. Altitude 8500 ft [=2800 m].”

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Ethiopian amphibious rat, Ethiopian water mouse
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