Daptomys ferreirai

(Percequillo, Carmignotto, & M. J. de J. Silva, 2005)

Ferreira's Fish-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 : Daptomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Percequillo, A.R., Carmignotto, A.P. and Silva, M.J. de J. 2005-10. A new species of Neusticomys (Ichthyomyini, Sigmodontinae) from central Brazilian Amazonia. Journal of Mammalogy 86(5):873-880.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[873:ANSONI]2.0.CO;2

Original name as described

Neusticomys ferreirai

Other common names

Ferreira's Ichthyomyine

Type material

MZUSP 32092

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

20 km W of the left bank of the Rio Juruena, in the municipality of Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described; moved from Neusticomys to Daptomys, Anthony, 1929

Taxonomy notes citation

Percequillo, A. R., Carmignotto, A. P., & Silva, M. D. J. (2005). A new species of Neusticomys (Ichthyomyini, Sigmodontinae) from central Brazilian Amazonia. Journal of Mammalogy, 86(5), 873-880. · Salazar-Bravo, J., Tinoco, N., Zeballos, H., Brito, J., Arenas-Viveros, D., Marín-C, D., ... & Pardiñas, U. F. (2023). Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches. PeerJ, 11, e14319.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002493

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.

Neusticomys ferreirai

(Percequillo, Carmignotto, & M. J. de J. Silva, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ferreirai

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZUSP 32092

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

874

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136236/22336660) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Daptomys ferreirai

Salazar-Bravo, Tinoco, Zeballos, J. Brito, Arenas-Viveros, Marín-C., Ramírez-Fernández, Percequillo, T. E. Lee, Solari, Colmenares-Pinzon, Nivelo, Rodríguez-Herrera, Merino, C. E. Medina, Murillo-García, & Pardiñas, 2023

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ferreirai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

55

Authority publication

PeerJ

Name usages

  1. Salazar-Bravo, Tinoco, Zeballos, Brito, Arenas-Viveros, Marín-C., Ramírez-Fernández, Percequillo, Lee, Solari, Colmenares-Pinzon, Nivelo, Rodríguez-Herrera, Merino, Medina, Murillo-García & Pardiñas (2023:55) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59071)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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