Melanomys zunigae

(Sanborn, 1949)

Zuniga's 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

Sanborn, C.C. 1949-04. A new species of rice rat (Oryzomys) from the coast of Peru. Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado" (A)3:1-4.

Authority publication link

https://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe/docs/pub_zoologia/Publicaciones%20Zoolog%C3%ADa%20Serie%20A%20N%C2%B0%203.pdf

Original name as described

Oryzomys (Melanomys) zunigae

Other common names

Zuniga's Melanomys

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:64340

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=91b29009-3601-4a81-94f1-9c0a4fa7ba5e

Type locality

Lomas de Atocongo, Lima Department, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002571

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 (Melanomys) zunigae

(Sanborn, 1949)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zunigae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:64340

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=91b29009-3601-4a81-94f1-9c0a4fa7ba5e

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Publicaciones del Museo de Historia Natural "Javier Prado"

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:444) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Melanomys zunigae

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

zunigae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:458) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13048/22344408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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