Megalomys luciae

(Forsyth Major, 1901)

Saint Lucia Giant 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 : Megalomys

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Forsyth Major, C.I. 1901-02-01. The musk-rat of Santa Lucia (Antilles). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(38):204-206.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345072

Original name as described

Oryzomys luciae

Other common names

Saint Lucian Pilorie

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1853.12.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb604b5d-5153-44e1-8bea-722cd4c640c3

Type locality

Sint Lucia, Lesser Antilles, West Indies.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Saint Lucia

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002564

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.

Oryzomys luciae

(Forsyth Major, 1901)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

luciae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1853.12.16.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fb604b5d-5153-44e1-8bea-722cd4c640c3

Authority page

206

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345072

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Megalomys luciae

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

luciae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

144

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12981) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002564) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12981/22377126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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