Echimys saturnus

O. Thomas, 1928

Dark Tree-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 : Echimys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1928-11-01. A new Echimys from eastern Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)2(11):409-410.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932808672902

Original name as described

Echimys saturnus

Other common names

Dark Spiny Tree-rat · Dark Tree Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1934.9.10.182

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99a8a195-369c-461b-aaa1-31e0e306b333

Type locality

"Rio Napo, Oriente of Ecuador. Alt. 3300' [= 1005 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001402

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.

Echimys saturnus

O. Thomas, 1928

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

saturnus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1934.9.10.182

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/99a8a195-369c-461b-aaa1-31e0e306b333

Authority page

409

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Emmons (2006:285) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6987) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6987/22207155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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