Dactylomys dactylinus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Amazon 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

Desmarest, A.G. 1817. ECHIMYS, Echimys. Pp. 54–59 in Anonymous. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome X. Deterville, Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, 591 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038395

Original name as described

Echimys dactylinus

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2067

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1998-2067

Type locality

no type locality given. Restricted by O. Thomas in 1912 "upper Amazon Area."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001397

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 dactylinus canescens

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

canescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.12.22.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5e902f35-aafa-4674-958a-f5caeea593eb

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18638844

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Echimys dactylinus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

dactylinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1998-2067

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1998-2067

Authority page

54

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18038395

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Lesson (1827:275, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Dactylomys dactylinus modestus

Lönnberg, 1921

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

modestus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6413165

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Echimys dactylicus

(McMurtrie, 1831)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

dactylicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

141

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28834272

Authority publication

New York

Echimys dactilinus

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

dactilinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

308

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA308

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:308) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Dactylomys dactylinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

dactylinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority publication

London

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. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:340) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6221/22209690) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dactylomys dactylinus dactylinus

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

dactylinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Dactylomys typus

I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

888

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Dactylomys dactylomys

J. A. Allen, 1914

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

dactylomys

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

389

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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