Daptomys peruviensis
Musser & A. L. Gardner, 1974
Peruvian 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
Authority citation
Musser, G.G. and Gardner, A.L. 1974-04-24. A new species of the ichthyomyine Daptomys from Perú. American Museum Novitates 2537:1-23.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63042532Original name as described
Daptomys peruviensis
Other common names
Peruvian Ichthyomyine
Type material
LSUMZ:Mamm:14407
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Balta (10° 08' S, 17° 13' W), at the point where the streams known to the local Cashinahua Indians as the Inuya and the Xumuya enter the Río Curanja, elevation 300 meters, Departamento de Loreto, Perú."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru
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
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