Phyllomys unicolor

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Unicolored 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 : Phyllomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1842. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Säugthiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1):356-362.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697576

Original name as described

Loncheres unicolor

Other common names

Short-furred Atlantic Tree-rat · Unicolored Atlantic Tree-rat · Unicolored Atlantic Tree Rat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:4319

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Brasilia." Restricted by L. H. Emmons and colleagues in 2002 to "Colônia Leopoldina [now Helvécia], 50 km SW Caravelas, Bahia, Brazil, 17°48'S 39°39'W, elev. 59 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001439

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 unicolor

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:4319

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697576

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Nelomys unicolor

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476823

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Echimys unicolor

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

unicolor

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. Corbet & Hill (1991:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Woods (1993:792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)

Phyllomys unicolor

L. H. Emmons, Y. L. R. Leite, Kock, & L. P. Costa, 2002

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

unicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60879209

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Emmons, Leite, Kock & Costa (2002:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60879209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3051)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Iack-Ximenes, Vivo & Percequillo (2005:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57363276) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3015)
  4. Emmons (2006:288) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:599) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6990) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6990/22210643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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