Isothrix orinoci

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Orinoco 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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1899-11-01. Descriptions of new rodents from the Orinoco and Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(23):378-383.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124406

Original name as described

Loncheres (Isothrix) bistriatus orinoci

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.11.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8326e79-66a5-4eb3-8c99-2643d1b33105

Type locality

"Maipure, upper Orinoco," Vichada, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil?

Taxonomy notes

split from I. bistriata

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001407

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.

Loncheres (Isothrix) bistriatus orinoci

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

orinoci

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.9.11.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f8326e79-66a5-4eb3-8c99-2643d1b33105

Authority page

382

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124406

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1899:382, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16525)

Isothrix bistriatus orinoci

Tate, 1939

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

orinoci

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

181

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1939:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)

Isothrix bistriata orinoci

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

orinoci

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Isothrix orinoci

L. H. Emmons, 2006

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

orinoci

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

275

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Emmons (2006:275) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/90386307/90386310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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