Proechimys longicaudatus

(Rengger, 1830)

Long-tailed Spiny-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 : Proechimys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rengger, J.R. 1830. Naturgeschichte der Saeugethiere von Paraguay. Schweighauser, Basel, 394 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=fxQAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236

Original name as described

Echimys Longicaudatus

Other common names

Long-tailed Spiny Rat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Northern Paraguay." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1903 to "the 21st parallel of latitude, therefore not far south of Corumbá," Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001459

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 myosuros

(H. Lichtenstein, 1830)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

myosuros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

pl. 36 fig. 2 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374133

Authority publication

Berlin

Echimys Longicaudatus

(Rengger, 1830)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

236

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=fxQAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236

Authority publication

Basel

Name usages

Rengger (1830:236, https://books.google.com/books?id=fxQAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68767)

Echymis myosuros

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1838)

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

myosuros

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

886

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514495

Authority publication

Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1838:886, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27514495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68638)

Proechimys longicaudatus

O. Thomas, 1901

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

531

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980609

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1901:531, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29980609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10083)
  2. Moojen (1948:346, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17020)
  3. Patton & Gardner (1972:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20832)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:590) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  7. Woods (1993:797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  8. Anderson (1997:508) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  9. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  10. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18289/22207395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Proechimys leucomystax

A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

leucomystax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 2212

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

42

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51959817

Authority publication

Rio de Janeiro

Name usages

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

Proechimys longicaudatus leucomystax

Moojen, 1948

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

leucomystax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

352

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807257

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moojen (1948:352, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17020)

Proechimys longicaudatus longicaudatus

Moojen, 1948

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

longicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

351

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807256

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moojen (1948:351, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17020)

Proechimys guyannensis ribeiroi

Moojen, 1948

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

ribeiroi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 1935

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

361

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807266

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Moojen (1948:361, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807266) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17020)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Proechimys guyannensis villicauda

Moojen, 1948

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

villicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 1932

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

355

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807260

Authority publication

University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Moojen (1948:355, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2807260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17020)

Proechimys guyannensis villacauda

J. L. Patton & R. do N. Leite, 2015

Family

Echimyidae

Root name

villacauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

976

Authority publication

Chicago

Name usages

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

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