Neusticomys monticolus

H. E. Anthony, 1921

Montane 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 : Neusticomys

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

Neusticomys monticolus

Other common names

Montane Ichthyomyine

Type material

AMNH M-46574

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-46574

Type locality

Nono Farm "San Francisco" (about 16 km NNE of the summit of Volcán Pichincha), Pichincha, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002494

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 monticolus

H. E. Anthony, 1921

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

monticolus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-46574

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-46574

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:433) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14740) (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 (2023:54) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59071)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002494) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14740/22336734) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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