Isothrix bistriata

J. A. Wagner, 1845

Yellow-crowned Brush-tailed 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 : Isothrix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Arten von Nagern und Handflüglern. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11:145-149.

Original name as described

Isothrix bistriata

Type material

NMW B 914

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Rio Guapore." Restricted by L. H. Emmons and J. L. Patton in 2015 to "Isla Leomil, Rio Guaporé, Beni, Bolivia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia? · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included I. orinoci

Taxonomy notes citation

Emmons, L. H. 2005. A revision of the genera of arboreal Echimyidae (Rodentia:Echimyidae, Echimyinae), with descriptions of two new genera. In Mammalian diversification: from chromosomes to phylogeography, ed.E. A. Lacey and P. Myers, 247– 334. Univ. California Publ. Zool. 133:v-viii + 1–383 pp.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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