MCZ Mammalogy 16245

Thamnomys rutilans

Date Collected:

1915-01-01/1915-12-31

Africa: Kenya | 6 miles north northeast of Nyeri

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:16245 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Thamnomys rutilans
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Previous Identifications
Grammomys ibeanus (Osgood, 1910)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Common Name(s): East African Grammomys; Ruwenzori Thicket Rat
Determiner: Guy G. Musser
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger[determined date: "1992"]
Thamnomys Thomas, 1907 sp.
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae
Common Name(s): Thicket Rats
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: MCZ Ledger

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  • additional number: 65

Part Condition Disposition Count
skin (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
skull (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20

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  • Guy Musser (1992) identified this specimen as Grammomys ibeanus, but notes it is related to G. cometes and is usually identified as that, MDO 2008.

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  • Continent:
  • Africa
  • Country:
  • Kenya
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1000169 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • 6 miles north northeast of Nyeri
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Brit. E. Africa: 6 m. N.N.E. of Nyeri
  • Georeference:
  • -0.3403590°, 36.9764330° (Error radius: 6824m) By: Tsuyoshi Takahashi on 2022-02-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1915-01-01 / 1915-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 13//1915
  • Collector:
  • Frederick Roelker Wulsin

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 16226; 16227; 16228; 16229; 16230; 16231; 16232; 16233; 16234; 16236; 16237; 16238; 16239; 16240; 16241; 16242; 16244; 16245; 16246; 16247; 16248; 16249; 16250; 16235; 16243 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 015976-021925, pg.11;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:16226 Lemniscomys striatus massaicus t...

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