Antillomys rayi
Brace, Turvey, Weksler, Hoogland, & I. Barnes, 2023
Lesser Antillean Rice Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Oryzomyini |
| Genus | : Antillomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Brace, S., Turvey, S.T., Weksler, M., Hoogland, M.L.P. and Barnes, I. 2023-03-27. Establishing the availability of the mammalian genus name Antillomys and species name _Antillomys rayi_ (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Therya 14(2):293-298.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-23-2281Original name as described
Antillomys rayi
Type material
UF A.98.2
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Indian Creek (AD 900-1100 archaeological site), Antigua, Antigua & Barbados.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Antigua and Barbuda · Guadeloupe
Taxonomy notes
recently described extinct species and genus; the species was described in a supplemental word file from the original description publication, which makes the species and genus name unavailable for nomenclatural purposes and it needs to be described correctly
Taxonomy notes citation
Brace, S., Turvey, S. T., Weksler, M., Hoogland, M. L., & Barnes, I. (2015). Unexpected evolutionary diversity in a recently extinct Caribbean mammal radiation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1807), 20142371. · Brace, S., Turvey, S.T., Weksler, M., Hoogland, M.L.P. and Barnes, I. 2023-03-27. Establishing the availability of the mammalian genus name Antillomys and species name _Antillomys rayi_ (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Therya 14(2):293-298.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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