Ichthyomys tweedii

H. E. Anthony, 1921

Tweedy's Crab-eating Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1921-11-03. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 1. American Museum Novitates 20:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170548

Original name as described

Ichthyomys tweedii

Other common names

Tweedy's Ichthyomyine · Tweedy's Ichthyomys

Type material

AMNH M-47798

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47798

Type locality

"Portovelo, Prov. del Oro, Ecuador; altitude, 2000 ft. [= 610 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002492

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.

Ichthyomys tweedii

H. E. Anthony, 1921

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tweedii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-47798

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-47798

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Voss (1988:337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2225)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:163) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Salazar-Bravo, Tinoco, Zeballos, Brito, Arenas-Viveros, Marín-C., Ramírez-Fernández, Percequillo, Lee, Solari, Colmenares-Pinzon, Nivelo, Rodríguez-Herrera, Merino, Medina, Murillo-García & Pardiñas (2023:52) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59071)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10764/22384770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ichthyomys caurinus

O. Thomas, 1924

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

caurinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1924.4.18.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4c107ad6-efb3-4c88-b155-d953690eaa70

Authority page

541

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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