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African Karoo Rats

Myotomys Thomas 1918

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Myotomys Thomas 1918
Genus recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Myotomys
Genus recognized by wikipedia NL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, Lesotho Species List, South Africa Species List, wikipedia EU, Indian Ocean Species List, wikipedia AST, NCBI, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia (inferred records)
Myotomys
Recognized by Furui 2020
Myotomys Thomas 1918
Genus recognized by GBIF classification, Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test, and GBIF data coverage

Alternative Names

Metotomys Broom 1937
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Metotomys Broom 1937
Invalid according to Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy
Metotomys Broom 1937
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test
Metotomys Broom 1937
Synonym according to Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023
Myotomys
Harvest ancestor according to Pantheria, Flickr Group, iNaturalist, Kappeler et al 2013, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

African karoo rats preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

ヤブカローネズミ属 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020

Korean

아프리카카루쥐속 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

موش‌های آفریقایی کارو preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Myotomys Thomas 1918

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Mouse relatives
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Eumuroidea
Muridae
Murinae
Myotomys Thomas 1918 (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)
Myotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier 1829)
Abditomys Musser 1982
Abeomelomys Menzies 1990
Anisomys Thomas 1904
Anonymomys Musser 1981
Apodemus Kaup 1829
Apomys Mearns 1905
Archboldomys Musser 1982
Baiyankamys Hinton 1943
Bandicota Gray 1873
Berylmys Ellerman 1947
Brassomys Musser & Lunde 2009
Bullimus Mearns 1905
Bunomys Thomas 1910
Chiromyscus Thomas 1925
Chiropodomys Peters 1868
Chiruromys Thomas 1888
Chrotomys Thomas 1895
Coccymys Menzies 1990
Colomys Thomas & Wroughton 1907
Conilurus Ogilby 1838
Crossomys Thomas 1907
Crunomys Thomas 1897
Dacnomys Thomas 1916
Diplothrix Thomas 1916
Echiothrix Gray 1867
Eropeplus Miller & Hollister 1921
Hadromys Thomas 1911
Haeromys Thomas 1911
Halmaheramys Fabre, Pagès, Musser, Fitriana, Semiadi & Helgen 2013
Heimyscus Misonne 1969
Hydromys É. Geoffroy 1804
Hylomyscus Thomas 1926
Hyomys Thomas 1904
Kadarsanomys Musser 1981
Komodomys Musser & Boeadi 1980
Leggadina Thomas 1910
Lenomys Thomas 1898
Lenothrix Miller 1903
Leopoldamys Ellerman 1947
Leporillus Thomas 1906
Leptomys Thomas 1897
Limnomys Mearns 1905
Lorentzimys Jentink 1911
Macruromys Stein 1933
Mallomys Thomas 1898
Malpaisomys Hutterer, Lopez-Martinez & Michaux 1988
Mammelomys Menzies 1996
Margaretamys Musser 1981
Mastacomys Thomas 1882
Mastomys Thomas 1915
Maxomys Sody 1936
Melasmothrix Miller & Hollister 1921
Melomys Thomas 1922
Mesembriomys Palmer 1906
Microhydromys Tate & Archbold 1941
Mirzamys Helgen & L. Helgen 2009
Muriculus Thomas 1903
Mus Linnaeus 1758
Myomyscus Shortridge 1942
Nesokia Gray 1842
Nesoromys Thomas 1922
Nilopegamys Osgood 1928
Niviventer J. T. Marshall Jr. 1976
Notomys Lesson 1842
Palawanomys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Papagomys Sody 1941
Parahydromys Poche 1906
Paraleptomys Tate & Archbold 1941
Paramelomys Rümmler 1936
Paruromys Ellerman 1954
Paucidentomys Esselstyn, Achmadi & Rowe 2012
Paulamys Musser 1986
Pogonomelomys Rümmler 1936
Pogonomys Milne-Edwards 1877
Praomys Thomas 1915
Protochromys Menzies 1996
Pseudohydromys Rümmler 1934
Pseudomys Gray 1832
Rattus Fischer 1803
Rhynchomys Thomas 1895
Saxatilomys Musser, Smith, Robinson & Lunde 2005
Solomys Thomas 1922
Sommeromys Musser & Durden 2002
Soricomys Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa & Jansa 2012
Srilankamys Musser 1981
Stenocephalemys Frick 1914
Sundamys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Taeromys Sody 1941
Tarsomys Mearns 1905
Tateomys Musser 1969
Tokudaia Kuroda 1943
Tonkinomys Musser, Lunde & Nguyen Truong Son 2006
Tryphomys Miller 1910
Uromys Peters 1867
Vandeleuria Gray 1842
Waiomys Rowe, Achmadi & Esselstyn 2014
Xenuromys Tate & Archbold 1941
Xeromys Thomas 1889
Zelotomys Osgood 1910
Zyzomys Thomas 1909
39 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Myomorpha Brandt 1855
Muroidea Illiger 1811
Muridae Illiger 1811
Otomyinae Thomas 1897
Myotomys Thomas 1918 (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)
Myotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier 1829)
Otomys F. Cuvier 1824
Parotomys Thomas 1918

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Mouse relatives
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Eumuroidea
Muridae
Murinae
Myotomys Thomas 1918 (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)
Myotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier 1829)
Abditomys Musser 1982
Abeomelomys Menzies 1990
Anisomys Thomas 1904
Anonymomys Musser 1981
Apodemus Kaup 1829
Apomys Mearns 1905
Archboldomys Musser 1982
Baiyankamys Hinton 1943
Bandicota Gray 1873
Berylmys Ellerman 1947
Brassomys Musser & Lunde 2009
Bullimus Mearns 1905
Bunomys Thomas 1910
Chiromyscus Thomas 1925
Chiropodomys Peters 1868
Chiruromys Thomas 1888
Chrotomys Thomas 1895
Coccymys Menzies 1990
Colomys Thomas & Wroughton 1907
Conilurus Ogilby 1838
Crossomys Thomas 1907
Crunomys Thomas 1897
Dacnomys Thomas 1916
Diplothrix Thomas 1916
Echiothrix Gray 1867
Eropeplus Miller & Hollister 1921
Hadromys Thomas 1911
Haeromys Thomas 1911
Halmaheramys Fabre, Pagès, Musser, Fitriana, Semiadi & Helgen 2013
Heimyscus Misonne 1969
Hydromys É. Geoffroy 1804
Hylomyscus Thomas 1926
Hyomys Thomas 1904
Kadarsanomys Musser 1981
Komodomys Musser & Boeadi 1980
Leggadina Thomas 1910
Lenomys Thomas 1898
Lenothrix Miller 1903
Leopoldamys Ellerman 1947
Leporillus Thomas 1906
Leptomys Thomas 1897
Limnomys Mearns 1905
Lorentzimys Jentink 1911
Macruromys Stein 1933
Mallomys Thomas 1898
Malpaisomys Hutterer, Lopez-Martinez & Michaux 1988
Mammelomys Menzies 1996
Margaretamys Musser 1981
Mastacomys Thomas 1882
Mastomys Thomas 1915
Maxomys Sody 1936
Melasmothrix Miller & Hollister 1921
Melomys Thomas 1922
Mesembriomys Palmer 1906
Microhydromys Tate & Archbold 1941
Mirzamys Helgen & L. Helgen 2009
Muriculus Thomas 1903
Mus Linnaeus 1758
Myomyscus Shortridge 1942
Nesokia Gray 1842
Nesoromys Thomas 1922
Nilopegamys Osgood 1928
Niviventer J. T. Marshall Jr. 1976
Notomys Lesson 1842
Palawanomys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Papagomys Sody 1941
Parahydromys Poche 1906
Paraleptomys Tate & Archbold 1941
Paramelomys Rümmler 1936
Paruromys Ellerman 1954
Paucidentomys Esselstyn, Achmadi & Rowe 2012
Paulamys Musser 1986
Pogonomelomys Rümmler 1936
Pogonomys Milne-Edwards 1877
Praomys Thomas 1915
Protochromys Menzies 1996
Pseudohydromys Rümmler 1934
Pseudomys Gray 1832
Rattus Fischer 1803
Rhynchomys Thomas 1895
Saxatilomys Musser, Smith, Robinson & Lunde 2005
Solomys Thomas 1922
Sommeromys Musser & Durden 2002
Soricomys Balete, Rickart, Heaney, Alviola, M. V. Duya, M. R. M. Duya, Sosa & Jansa 2012
Srilankamys Musser 1981
Stenocephalemys Frick 1914
Sundamys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Taeromys Sody 1941
Tarsomys Mearns 1905
Tateomys Musser 1969
Tokudaia Kuroda 1943
Tonkinomys Musser, Lunde & Nguyen Truong Son 2006
Tryphomys Miller 1910
Uromys Peters 1867
Vandeleuria Gray 1842
Waiomys Rowe, Achmadi & Esselstyn 2014
Xenuromys Tate & Archbold 1941
Xeromys Thomas 1889
Zelotomys Osgood 1910
Zyzomys Thomas 1909
39 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Synapsida
Therapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Mouse relatives
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Eumuroidea
Muridae
Murinae
Otomyini
Myotomys (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)
Myotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier 1829)
Otomys
Parotomys

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Myotomys Thomas 1918 (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)
Myotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier 1829)
Abditomys Musser 1982
Acomys I. Geoffroy 1838
Aethomys Thomas 1915
Ammodillus Thomas 1904
Anisomys Thomas 1903
Anonymomys Musser 1981
Apodemus Kaup 1829
Apomys Mearns 1905
Archboldomys Musser 1982
Arvicanthis Lesson 1842
Bandicota Gray 1873
Batomys Thomas 1895
Bullimus Mearns 1905
Canariomys Crusafont-Pairo & F. Petter 1964
Carpomys Thomas 1895
Chiromyscus Thomas 1925
Chiropodomys Peters 1869
Chiruromys Thomas 1888
Chrotomys Thomas 1895
Coccymys Menzies 1990
Conilurus Ogilby 1838
Crateromys Thomas 1895
Cremnomys Wroughton 1912
Crunomys Thomas 1897
Dacnomys Thomas 1916
Dasymys Peters 1875
Deomys Thomas 1888
Dephomys Thomas 1926
Desmodilliscus Wettstein 1916
Desmodillus Thomas & Schwann 1904
Desmomys Thomas 1910
Diomys Thomas 1917
Echiothrix Gray 1867
Eropeplus Miller & Hollister 1921
Gerbillurus Shortridge 1942
Gerbillus Desmarest 1804
Golunda Gray 1837
Hadromys Thomas 1911
Haeromys Thomas 1911
Hapalomys Blyth 1859
Heimyscus Misonne 1969
Hydromys Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1804
Hyomys Thomas 1903
Kadarsanomys Musser 1981
Komodomys Musser & Boeadi 1980
Lamottemys F. Petter 1986
Leggadina Thomas 1910
Leimacomys Matschie 1893
Lemniscomys Trouessart 1881
Lenomys Thomas 1898
Lenothrix Miller 1903
Leopoldamys Ellerman (1947)
Leporillus Thomas 1906
Leptomys Thomas 1897
Lophuromys Peters 1874
Margaretamys Musser 1981
Mastomys Thomas 1915
Maxomys Sody 1936
Melasmothrix Miller & Hollister 1921
Meriones Illiger 1811
Mesembriomys Palmer 1906
Microdillus Thomas 1910
Microhydromys Tate & Archbold 1941
Millardia Thomas 1911
Muriculus Thomas 1902
Musserakis
Oenomys Thomas 1904
Pachyuromys Lataste 1880
Palawanomys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Papagomys Sody 1941
Parahydromys Poche 1906
Parotomys Thomas 1918
Paruromys Ellerman 1954
Paulamys Musser 1986
Pelomys Peters 1852
Phloeomys Waterhouse 1839
Pogonomelomys Rümmler 1936
Pogonomys Milne-Edwards 1877
Praomys Thomas 1915
Psammomys Cretzschmar 1828
Pseudohydromys Rümmler 1934
Pseudomys Gray 1832
Rhabdomys Thomas 1916
Rhombomys Wagner 1841
Sekeetamys Ellerman 1947
Solomys Thomas 1922
Spelaeomys Hooijer 1957
Srilankamys Musser 1981
Stochomys Thomas 1926
Sundamys Musser & Newcomb 1983
Taeromys Sody 1941
Tarsomys Mearns 1905
Tateomys Musser 1969
Tatera Lataste 1882
Thallomys Thomas 1920
Thamnomys Thomas 1907
Tokudaia Kuroda 1943
Tryphomys Miller 1910
Uromys Peters 1867
Zelotomys Osgood 1910
192 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Mammalia Linnaeus 1758
Theria Parker & Haswell 1897
Eutheria Gill 1872
Rodentia Bowdich 1821
Myomorpha Brandt 1855
Muroidea Illiger 1811
Muridae Illiger 1811
Otomyinae Thomas 1897
Myotomys Thomas 1918 (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti (Thomas 1902)
Myotomys unisulcatus (F. Cuvier 1829)
Otomys F. Cuvier 1824
Parotomys Thomas 1918

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Teleostomi
Euteleostomi
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Mammalia
Theria
Eutheria
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Glires
Rodentia
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Muridae
Murinae
Myotomys (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti
Myotomys unisulcatus
Abeomelomys
Anisomys
Apodemus
Apomys
Archboldomys
Batomys
Bullimus
Bunomys
Carpomys
Chiruromys
Chrotomys
Coccymys
Colomys
Conilurus
Crateromys
Cremnomys
Crossomys
Crunomys
Dacnomys
Dephomys
Desmomys
Diplothrix
Echiothrix
Golunda
Grammomys
Haeromys
Halmaheramys
Hapalomys
Heimyscus
Hydromys
Hylomyscus
Hyomys
Hyorhinomys
Kadarsanomys
Lamottemys
Lenomys
Lenothrix
Leopoldamys
Leporillus
Leptomys
Limnomys
Lorentzimys
Macruromys
Malacomys
Mallomys
Mammelomys
Margaretamys
Mastacomys
Mastomys
Melomys
Mesembriomys
Micaelamys
Microhydromys
Micromys
Millardia
Muriculus
Mus
Mus musculus × Rattus norvegicus
Musseromys
Mylomys
Myomyscus
Notomys
Oenomys
Otomys
Parahydromys
Paraleptomys
Paramelomys
Parotomys
Paruromys
Paucidentomys
Pelomys
Phloeomys
Pithecheir
Pogonomelomys
Pogonomys
Praomys
Pseudohydromys
Pseudomys
Rattus
Rhabdomys
Rhynchomys
Saxatilomys
Solomys
Sommeromys
Soricomys
Srilankamys
Stochomys
Taeromys
Tarsomys
Tateomys
Thallomys
Thamnomys
Tonkinomys
unclassified Murinae
Uromys
Vernaya
Waiomys
Xeromys
Zelotomys
Zyzomys
19 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Dipnotetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapoda
Mammaliaformes
Mammalia
Theria
Placentalia
Exafroplacentalia
Boreoeutheria
Euarchontoglires
Gliriformes
Glires
Rodentia
Myomorpha
Muroidea
Muridae
Otomyinae
Myotomys (this page)
Myotomys sloggetti
Myotomys unisulcatus
Otomyini
Otomys
Parotomys
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