Lemniscomys hoogstraali

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: Arvicanthini
Genus: Lemniscomys
Species: Lemniscomys hoogstraali

Name

Lemniscomys hoogstraali Dieterlen, 1991: 11

• Holotype: USNM 342078, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Harry Hoogstraal on 23 January 1961.
• Type locality: “Paloich, Niayok, 12 miles N. (approx. 10°26' N, 32°33' E), Upper Nile Prov., Sudan”.

References

Primary references

• Dieterlen, F. 1991. Lemniscomys hoogstraali, an new murid species from Sudan. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 42(1): 11–15. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hoogstraal's Striped Grass Mouse