[4] Later Reginald Innes Pocock (1903) synonymised S. pococki with E. murinus,[5] which remains the species' accepted scientific name to date.

[7] E. murinus is a terrestrial, semi-fossorial, lowland forest-dwelling species native to northern Brazil, French Guiana, and Suriname.

As a defense against potential predators, and in common with many other New World tarantulas, the species of the genus Ephebopus will brush urticating hairs from their bodies.

[9] E. murinus is also a fast and aggressive species, and will readily rise up and present its fangs to a potential predator.

[10] In common with most terrestrial tarantula species, Ephobopus murinus feeds on ground-dwelling insects, worms and small mammals.