Pattonomys punctatus

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Orinocan Speckled 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 : Pattonomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1899-02-01. On new small mammals from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)3(14):152-155.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19210528

Original name as described

Loncheres punctatus

Other common names

Orinocan Speckled Tree Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.12.1.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4bbb1785-d5e6-4119-9041-1c735a661df9

Type locality

"Caicara, Orinoco," Bolívar, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

Taxonomy notes

split from P. semivillosus; moved from Echimys to the recently described Pattonomys

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/1001424

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 punctatus

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

punctatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.12.1.18

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4bbb1785-d5e6-4119-9041-1c735a661df9

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19210528

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Echimys semivillosus punctatus

(Tate, 1939)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

punctatus

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)

Pattonomys punctatus

L. H. Emmons, 2006

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

punctatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

282

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Emmons (2006:282) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Emmons & Fabre (2018:30, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57592981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34927)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001424) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/90386776/90386779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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