Isothrix sinnamariensis

Vié, Volobouev, J. L. Patton, & Granjon, 1996

Sinnamary 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

Vié, J.C., Volobouev, V., Patton, J.L. and Granjon, L. 1996-01-01. Λ new species of Isothrix (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from French Guiana. Mammalia 60(3):393-406.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm-1996-0305

Original name as described

Isothrix sinnamariensis

Type material

MNHN 1995-1321

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sinnamary River right bank, 21 km upstream from the Petit Saut Dam, French Guiana (4°56.80'N–53°1.90'W—altitude below 20 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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