Scapteromys meridionalis
Quintela, G. L. Gonçalves, S. L. Althoff, I. J. Sbalqueiro, L. F. B. de Oliveira, & de Freitas, 2014
Brazilian Swamp 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 | : Scapteromys |
Species status
Authority citation
Quintela, F.M., Gonçalves, G.L., Althoff, S.L., Sbalqueiro, I.J., Oliveira, L.F.B. de and Freitas, T.R.O. de. 2014-06-03. A new species of swamp rat of the genus Scapteromys Waterhouse, 1837 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) endemic to _Araucaria angustifolia_ Forest in southern Brazil. Zootaxa 3811(2):207-225.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3811.2.3Original name as described
Scapteromys meridionalis
Other common names
Plateau Swamp Rat
Type material
FURB 20253
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"São Francisco de Paula municipality (29°29'73"S, 50°13'49"W; 913 m above sea level), Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Quintela, F. M., Gonçalves, G. L., Althoff, S. L., Sbalqueiro, I. J., Oliveira, L. F. B., & Freitas, T. R. O. (2014). A new species of swamp rat of the genus Scapteromys Waterhouse, 1837 (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) endemic to Araucaria angustifolia Forest in Southern Brazil. Zootaxa, 3811(2), 207-225.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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