Lonchothrix emiliae

O. Thomas, 1920

Tuft-tailed Spiny 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 : Lonchothrix

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1920-07-01. A new genus of Echimyinæ. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)6(31):113-115.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15687389

Original name as described

Lonchothrix emiliae

Other common names

Tuft-tailed Spiny-rat · Tuft-tailed Spiny Tree Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.6.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e460bbaf-9e15-4df2-b427-e14c5b27cb15

Type locality

"Villa Braga, on the left bank of the Rio Tapajos, just above the first rapids," Pará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001412

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.

Lonchothrix emiliae

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

emiliae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.6.4.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e460bbaf-9e15-4df2-b427-e14c5b27cb15

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15687389

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12274) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12274/22205252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lonchotrix emiliae

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

emiliae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

339

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

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