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Hinde's Aethomys
Aethomys hindei (Thomas, 1902)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Hinde's rock rat (Aethomys hindei) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae
found in Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. Oldfield Thomas named it in honor of Sidney Langford Hinde, a British officer and recreational naturalist.
Wikipedia contributors, Hinde's rock rat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T05:17:57.085043+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Aethomys hindei (Thomas, 1902)
- Name authority
- (Thomas, 1902)
- Common name
- Hinde's Aethomys
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Aethomys
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyMuridae Illiger, 1811
- subfamilyMurinae Illiger, 1811
- genusAethomys Thomas, 1915
- speciesAethomys hindei (Thomas, 1902)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Aethomys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bocage's AethomysAethomys bocagei (Thomas, 1904) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red Veld AethomysAethomys chrysophilus (de Winton, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| West African AethomysAethomys stannarius (Thomas, 1913) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Seilinda AethomysAethomys silindensis Roberts, 1938 | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kaiser's AethomysAethomys kaiseri (Noack, 1887) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas's AethomysAethomys thomasi (de Winton, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nyika AethomysAethomys nyikae (Thomas, 1897) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tete Veld AethomysAethomys ineptus (Thomas & Wroughton, 1908) | MuridaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Mus medicatus Wroughton, 1909 Wroughton, 1909 | synonym |
| Mus norae Wroughton, 1909 Wroughton, 1909 | synonym |
| Rattus helleri Hollister, 1918 Hollister, 1918 | synonym |
| Epimys kaiseri centralis Heller, 1914 Heller, 1914 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=585116 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:65CM3. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.