Clyomys laticeps
(O. Thomas, 1909)
Broad-headed Spiny-rat
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
Superfamily | : Octodontoidea |
Family | : Echimyidae |
Subfamily | : Euryzygomatomyinae |
Genus | : Clyomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1909-09-01. Notes on some South-American mammals, with descriptions of new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)4(21):230-242.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097619Original name as described
Echimys laticeps
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1888.1.9.11
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/69496ba8-cb18-435d-a1b5-76610acda5fdType locality
"Lagoa Santa, on the Rio São Francisco, Minas Gerais," Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil · Paraguay
Taxonomy notes
includes bishopi
Taxonomy notes citation
Bezerra, A.M.R. and De Olivera, J.A. 2010. Taxonomic implications of cranial morphometric variation in the genus Clyomys Thomas, 1916 (Rodentia: Echimyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 91(1): 260-272.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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