Callistomys pictus

(F.-J. Pictet, 1843)

Painted Tree-rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Echimyidae
Subfamily : Echimyinae
Tribe : Myocastorini
Genus : Callistomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pictet, F.-J. 1843. Seconde notice sur les animaux nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée de Genève. Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève 10(1):201-213.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10401844

Original name as described

Nelomys pictus

Other common names

Painted Tree Rat

Type material

MHNG 299.53

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bahia." Restricted by J. Moojen in 1952 to probably from Fazenda Almada in the region north of the city of Ilhéus, Bahia, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001444

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 pictus

(F.-J. Pictet, 1843)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 299.53

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

203

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10401844

Authority publication

Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'Histoire naturelle de Genève

Name usages

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

Loncheres picta

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Isothrix pictus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pictus

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 (1982:588) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Echimys pictus

(C. A. Woods, 1993)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

792

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

Woods (1993:792) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)

Callistomys pictus

L. H. Emmons & Vucetich, 1998

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

pictus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62227086

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Emmons & Vucetich (1998:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62227086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3008)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Emmons (2006:277) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2993)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:566) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6985) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6985/160756610) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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