Isothrix negrensis

O. Thomas, 1920

Rio Negro 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

Thomas, O. 1920-09-01. On mammals from the lower Rio Amazonas in the Goeldi Museum, Para. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)6(33):266-283.

Original name as described

Isothrix bistriata negrensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.7.1.20

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Aca Acajutuba, lower on the Rio Negro, near its mouth" (= a little above Manaus on the Rio Negro, Amazonas, Brazil).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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