Holochilus venezuelae
J. A. Allen, 1904
Venezuelan Marsh 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 | : Holochilus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Allen, J.A. 1904-10-08. New mammals from Venezuela and Colombia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20(28):327-335.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2246/672Original name as described
Holochilus venezuelæ
Type material
AMNH M-16973
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
El Llagual, Venezuela.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela
Taxonomy notes
split from H. sciureus
Taxonomy notes citation
D'Elía, G., Hanson, J. D., Mauldin, M. R., Teta, P., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2015). Molecular systematics of South American marsh rats of the genus Holochilus (Muroidea, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy, 96(5), 1081-1094.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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