Podoxymys roraimae

H. E. Anthony, 1929

Roraima Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1929-11-04. Two new genera of rodents from South America. American Museum Novitates 383:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170004

Original name as described

Podoxymys roraimae

Other common names

Roraima Akodont

Type material

AMNH M-75586

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-75586

Type locality

"summit of Mt. Roraima, British Guiana [= Guyana], altitude 8600 feet [= 2621 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guyana · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002469

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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.

Podoxymys roraimae

H. E. Anthony, 1929

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

roraimae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-75586

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-75586

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:132) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #17831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #17831) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002469) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17831/22390812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Podoxymys roraimi

Hinojosa, S. Anderson, & J. L. Patton, 1987

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

roraimi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62311310

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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