Nephelomys childi

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Child's 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 : Nephelomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1895-06-28. On small mammals from Nicaragua and Bogota. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(91):55-60.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122539

Original name as described

Oryzomys Childi

Other common names

Child's Nephelomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.1.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/50eededc-6b2f-4658-a467-ea3332a89742

Type locality

Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

Taxonomy notes

split from N. albigularis; moved from Oryzomys to the recently described Nephelomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R., Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of Oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates no. 3537. pp 1-29.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002600

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 o'connelli

(J. A. Allen, 1913)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

oconnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-34583

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-34583

Authority page

597

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26891489

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Oryzomys Childi

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

childi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.8.1.38

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/50eededc-6b2f-4658-a467-ea3332a89742

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122539

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:34, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199097) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Nephelomys childi

Weksler, Percequillo, & Voss, 2006

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

childi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816728

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Weksler, Percequillo & Voss (2006:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59816728) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2449)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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