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.

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Original name as described

Daptomys peruviensis

Other common names

Peruvian Ichthyomyine

Type material

LSUMZ:Mamm:14407

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

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

previously included the recently described D. musseri as a subspecies and has included D. mussoi, but more recent work considers D. mussoi as a distinct species; moved from Neusticomys to Daptomys, Anthony, 1929

Taxonomy notes citation

Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Loaiza Salazar, C.R., Pino, K., Medina, C.E. and Vivas-Ruiz, D. 2020. A revision of Neusticomys peruviensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with the description of a new subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy 101(3):858-871. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa011 · Salazar-Bravo, J., Tinoco, N., Zeballos, H., Brito, J., Arenas-Viveros, D., Marín-C., D., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Percequillo, A.R., Lee, T.E., Jr., Solari, S., Colmenares-Pinzon, J., Nivelo, C., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Merino, W., Medina, C.E., Murillo-García, O. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2023. Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches. PeerJ 11:e14319. doi:10.7717/peerj.14319 · Brito, J., Vega-Yánez, M.A., Guaya-Ramos, J.P., Polo, M., Koch, C., Tinoco, N. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2025. Soft anatomy and morphological variation in Daptomys peruviensis (Rodentia, Cricetidae), a rare ichthyomyine from the northwestern Amazonian forests. PeerJ 13:e18997. doi:10.7717/peerj.18997 · Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Fajardo, Ú., Cossíos, D. and Cadenillas, R. 2025. Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru. Zootaxa 5696(4):451-481. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.1

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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