Congomys verschureni

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
Tribus: Praomyini
Genus: Congomys
Species: Congomys verschureni

Name

Congomys verschureni (Verheyen & van der Straeten, 1977)

• Holotype: RMCA 1982.011-M-0001, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Jacques Verschuren on 10 April 1959.
• Type locality: “Mamiki (République du Zaïre)”.

Combinations

• Malacomys verschureni Verheyen & van der Straeten, 1977: 739 [original combination]
• Praomys verschureni: van der Straeten & Dudu, 1990 [subsequent combination]
• Congomys verschureni: Nicolas et al., 2021: 8 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Nicolas, V., Mikula, O., Lavrenchenko, L.A., Šumbera, R., Bartáková, V., Bryjová, A., Meheretu, Y., Verheyen, E., Missoup, A.D., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M. & Bryja, J. 2021. Phylogenomics of African radiation of Praomyini (Muridae: Murinae) rodents: First fully resolved phylogeny, evolutionary history and delimitation of extant genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163: 107263. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107263 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Verschuren's Swamp Mouse