Neacomys minutus

J. L. Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000

Minute Bristly Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Oryzomyini
Genus : Neacomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Patton, J.L., Silva, M.N.F. da and Malcolm, J.R. 2000. Mammals of the Rio Juruá and the evolutionary and ecological diversification of Amazonia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 244:1-306.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62510250

Original name as described

Neacomys minutus

Other common names

Minute Neacomys · Minute Spiny Mouse

Type material

INPA 2689 (+ MVZ:Mamm:193740)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:193740

Type locality

Altamira, left bank Juruá River, Amazonas, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002581

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.

Neacomys minutus

J. L. Patton, M. N. F. da Silva, & Malcolm, 2000

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

INPA 2689 (+ MVZ:Mamm:193740)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:193740

Authority page

105

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62510250

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136570) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136570/22352810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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