Melanomys robustulus

O. Thomas, 1914

Robust Dark 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 : Melanomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1914-09-01. New South-American rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)14(81):240-244.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616478

Original name as described

Melanomys robustulus

Other common names

Robust Melanomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1914.4.25.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0cd6b173-c3ff-465c-8701-abc9e2af0dcc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/62a642cc-5f00-47c9-a75e-b9e6606880d0

Type locality

Gualaquiza, 2500 m, Morona-Santiago, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002570

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.

Melanomys robustulus

O. Thomas, 1914

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

robustulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1914.4.25.67

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0cd6b173-c3ff-465c-8701-abc9e2af0dcc https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/62a642cc-5f00-47c9-a75e-b9e6606880d0

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18616478

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:457) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13047/22344346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Oryzomys robustulus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

robustulus

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 (1982:443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

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