Dactylomys boliviensis

H. E. Anthony, 1920

Bolivian Bamboo Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Tribe : Echimyini
Genus : Dactylomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1920-02. New rodents and new bats from Neotropical regions. Journal of Mammalogy 1(2):81-86.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848051

Original name as described

Dactylomys boliviensis

Type material

AMNH M-38709

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-38709

Type locality

"Mission San Antonio, Rio Chmore [sic, Chimoré], Prov. Cochabamba, Bolivia, altitude 1300 feet [400 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001396

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Dactylomys boliviensis

H. E. Anthony, 1920

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-38709

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-38709

Authority page

82

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52848051

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6220/22209766) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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