Euneomys fossor

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Salta Chinchilla Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1899-10-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(22):278-288.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124304

Original name as described

Reithrodon fossor

Other common names

Burrowing Euneomys · Salta Euneomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.22.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/adf04865-9ac0-4603-81c9-2032f1b4ddd4

Type locality

"Salta Province, N. Argentina."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

Taxonomy notes

includes mordax

Taxonomy notes citation

Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Lanzone, C., Ojeda, A., Novillo, A., & Ojeda, R. A. (2021). A reappraisal of the species richness of Euneomys Coues 1874 (Rodentia, Cricetidae), with emendations of the type localities of Reithrodon fossor Thomas 1899 and Euneomys mordax Thomas 1912. Mammalia.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002480

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.

Reithrodon fossor

(O. Thomas, 1899)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.22.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/adf04865-9ac0-4603-81c9-2032f1b4ddd4

Authority page

280

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124304

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Euneomys mordax

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mordax

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.199

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1b2b8bb3-9b26-460c-9acc-f6d1f657f37a

Authority page

410

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640481

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1916:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19824)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  4. Hershkovitz (1962:500, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2745365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2497)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Musser & Carleton (1993:702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  8. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  9. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  10. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8257) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8257/22352182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Euneomys fossor

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612305

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1916:143, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19824)
  2. Hershkovitz (1962:500, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2745365) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2497)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:410, 411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:702) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136261/22352436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chelemyscus fossor

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fossor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

97

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Euneomys noei

Mann, 1944

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

noei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:391817

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37b4cd266-426c-46a2-8d2c-ce7de437bbd3

Authority page

95

Authority publication

Biológica (Santiago, Chile)

Name usages

  1. Hershkovitz (1962:499, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2745364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2497)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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