Daptomys venezuelae

H. E. Anthony, 1929

Venezuelan 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

Anthony, H.E. 1929-11-04. Two new genera of rodents from South America. American Museum Novitates 383:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170004

Original name as described

Daptomys venezuelae

Other common names

Fish-eating Rat · Venezuelan Ichthyomyine

Type material

AMNH M-69907

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-69907

Type locality

"Neveri, about 15 miles [= 24 km] west of Cumanacoa [Sucre State], northern Venezuela; altitude 2400 feet [= 732 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana

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/1002498

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 venezuelae

H. E. Anthony, 1929

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

venezuelae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-69907

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-69907

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:156) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. 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)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Neusticomys venezuelae

(Voss, 1988)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

venezuelae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

344

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Voss (1988:344) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2225)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Musser & Carleton (1993:714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:405) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14744/22336822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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