Anotomys leander

O. Thomas, 1906

Earless Water Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1906-01-01. A new aquatic genus of Muridae discovered by Consul L. Soderström in Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)17(97):86-88.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245305

Original name as described

Anotomys leander

Other common names

Ecuador Fish-eating Rat · Ecuadoran Ichthyomyine

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cebc7def-1b88-4f5f-9b93-bc4a621f55ff

Type locality

"Mount Pichincha, Ecuador: mountain-streams at 11,500 feet [= 3505 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002485

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.

Anotomys leander

O. Thomas, 1906

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leander

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.11.7.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cebc7def-1b88-4f5f-9b93-bc4a621f55ff

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19245305

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Salazar-Bravo, Tinoco, Zeballos, Brito, Arenas-Viveros, Marín-C., Ramírez-Fernández, Percequillo, Lee, Solari, Colmenares-Pinzon, Nivelo, Rodríguez-Herrera, Merino, Medina, Murillo-García & Pardiñas (2023:56) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59071)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002485) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1564/22391789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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