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Lemniscomys (striped grass mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Lemniscomys was named by Trouessart (1881). It is extant.

It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
L. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Lemniscomys Trouessart
1997Lemniscomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusLemniscomysTrouessart 1881

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Lemniscomys Trouessart 1881 [striped grass mouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Lemniscomys indet. (22139)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Lemniscomys striatus (21546)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Lemniscomys sp. (22333)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Lemniscomys striatus (21625 21632)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Zambia Lemniscomys rosalia (68339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Lemniscomys sp. (21824)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Lemniscomys rosalia (21949)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Lemniscomys rosalia (68341 68342)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Lemniscomys barbarus (42866)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Lemniscomys sp. (21959)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Lemniscomys striatus (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Lemniscomys griselda (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Lemniscomys griselda (21693)