Daptomys oyapocki

Dubost & Petter, 1979

Guianan 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dubost, G. and Petter, F. 1979-01-15. Une espèce nouvelle de «rat-pêcheur» de Guyane française: _Daptomys oyapocki_ sp. nov. (Rongeurs, Cricetidae). Mammalia 42(4):435-440.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1978.42.4.435

Original name as described

Daptomys oyapocki

Other common names

Oyapock's Fish-eating Rat · Guianan Ichthyomyine

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1977-775

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

near the banks of the Oyapock River, Trois Sauts, French Guiana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

French Guiana · Suriname · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

moved from Neusticomys to Daptomys, Anthony, 1929

Taxonomy notes citation

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/1002496

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.

Daptomys oyapocki

Dubost & Petter, 1979

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

oyapocki

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1977-775

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

436

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. 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)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Daptomys oyapocka

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

oyapocka

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

156

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Neusticomys oyapocki

(Musser & Carleton, 2005)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

oyapocki

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14742) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14742/22337025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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