Kunsia tomentosus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1830)

Woolly Giant Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Kunsia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lichtenstein, H. 1830. Pls. 17–37. Pp. pl. 17–pl. 37 in Lichtenstein, H. 1834. Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von fünf und sechzig Arten auf funfzig colorirten Steindrucktafelln nach den Originalen des zoologischen Museums der Universität zu Berlin. C. G. Lüderitz, Berlin, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374124

Original name as described

Mus tomentosus

Other common names

Woolly Kunsia

Type material

ZMB 1699

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"waldigen Gegenden am Uruguay [= wooded areas of Uruguay]." Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1966 to the Rio Uruguay in south-eastern Brazil (probably state of Rio Grande do Sul).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia · Peru?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002443

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.

Mus tomentosus

(H. Lichtenstein, 1830)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tomentosus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1699

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 33 (fig. 1, unnumbered associated page)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374124

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Peters (1860:135, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36275348) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66156)
  2. Peters (1861:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29121018) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65821)

Mus principalis

(P. W. Lund, 1839)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

principalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

208

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13397198

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Mus principalis

(P. W. Lund, 1840)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

principalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMUC (unnumbered)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

276

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13603070

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Giebel (1847:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22961734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43573)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Habrothrix principalis

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

principalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Habrothrix tomentosa

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tomentosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476767

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Hesperomys tomentosus

(O. Thomas, 1884)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tomentosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

449

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826807

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Thomas (1884:449, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30826807) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14014)

Scapteromys tomentosus

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tomentosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147054

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147054) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:98) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Yepes (1935:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Scapteromys gnambiquaræ

(A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

gnambiquarae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 2054

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

37

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51959812

Authority publication

Rio de Janeiro

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Kunsia tomentosus principalis

Hershkovitz, 1966

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

principalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45434665

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Hershkovitz (1966:122, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45434665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20654)
  2. Pardiñas, D'Elía & Teta (2009:575, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2526)

Kunsia tomentosus

Hershkovitz, 1966

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tomentosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45434660

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Hershkovitz (1966:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45434660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20654)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Anderson (1997:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  8. Pardiñas, D'Elía & Teta (2009:571, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2526)
  9. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:461) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11061/22388811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Kunsia tomentosus tomentosus

Hershkovitz, 1966

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tomentosus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

119

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45434662

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde

Name usages

  1. Hershkovitz (1966:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45434662) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20654)
  2. Anderson (1997:440) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Pardiñas, D'Elía & Teta (2009:571, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380385) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2526)

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