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Steatomys (fat mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Steatomys was named by Peters (1846). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Steatomys Peters
1997Steatomys 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
genusSteatomysPeters 1846

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. Steatomys Peters 1846 [fat mouse]
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Steatomys jacksoni Hayman 1935 [Jackson's fat mouse]
Steatomys pratensis Peters 1846 [fat mouse]
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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Steatomys sp. (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Steatomys sp. (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Steatomys sp. (22339 22341 22353)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Steatomys sp. (21798)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Steatomys sp. (22333 22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Zambia Steatomys pratensis (68339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Steatomys pratensis (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Steatomys krebsii (21915)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Steatomys pratensis (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Steatomys sp. (22041 22064 22628)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Steatomys pratensis (68340 68341 68342)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Steatomys sp. (22272)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Steatomys pratensis (21693)