Pattonomys semivillosus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838)

Colombian 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Ann. Sci. Nat. Zool. (Paris), ser. 2, vol. 10, 125

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13396147

Original name as described

Nelomys semivillosus

Other common names

Speckled Spiny Tree-rat · Speckled Tree-rat · Colombian Speckled Tree Rat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-1397

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Carthagène, (Nouvelle Grenade)," Cartagena, Bolívar, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

previously included P. carrikeri, P. flavidus, and P. punctatus; 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001425

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.

Nelomys semivillosus

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

semivillosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1995-1397

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13396147

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Loncheres semivillosus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

semivillosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Echimys semivillosus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

semivillosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

195

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Makalata semivillosus

(G. E. Iack-Ximenes, de Vivo, & Percequillo, 2005)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

semivillosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363276

Authority publication

Arquivos do Museu Nacional

Name usages

Iack-Ximenes, Vivo & Percequillo (2005:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3015)

Pattonomys semivillosus

L. H. Emmons, 2006

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

semivillosus

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 (2016:591) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Emmons & Fabre (2018:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57592982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34927)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6988) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/90386452/22212633) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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