Colomys lumumbai
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Tribus: Praomyini
Genus: Colomys
Species: Colomys lumumbai
Name
[edit]Colomys lumumbai Kerbis Peterhans, Giarla & Demos in Giarla et al., 2020: 223
- Holotype: AMNH M-55219, subadult ♀, skin and skull, collected by R.W. Callewaert on 20 June 1923.
- Type locality: “St. Joseph de Luluabourg' (now known as Kananga, 5.89° S, 22 42° E), c. 640 m a.s.l., Democratic Republic of the Congo”.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Giarla, T.C., Demos, T.C., Monadjem, A., Hutterer, R., Dalton, D., Mamba, M.L., Roff, E.A., Mosher, F.M., Mikeš, V., Kofron, C.P. & Kerbis Peterhans, J.C. [2020] 2021. Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of Colomys and Nilopegamys (Rodentia: Murinae), semi-aquatic mice of Africa, with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192(1): 206–235. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa108
Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Congo Wading Rat