Santamartamys rufodorsalis

(J. A. Allen, 1899)

Red Crested 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 : Santamartamys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1899-12-20. New rodents from Colombia and Venezuela. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(16):195-218.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/550

Original name as described

Isothrix rufodorsalis

Other common names

Red Crested Soft-furred Spiny-rat

Type material

AMNH M-14606

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14606

Type locality

"Onaca, Santa Marta District," Magdalena, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela?

Taxonomy notes

moved from Diplomys to Santamartamys

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

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001440

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.

Isothrix rufodorsalis

(J. A. Allen, 1899)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rufodorsalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14606

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14606

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Diplomys rufodorsalis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rufodorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:586, 587) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Santamartamys rufodorsalis

L. H. Emmons, 2006

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

rufodorsalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

292

Authority publication

University of California Publications in Zoology

Name usages

  1. Emmons (2006:292) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6664) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6664/22210948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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