Pennatomys nivalis

Turvey, Weksler, E. L. Morris, & Nokkert, 2010

Nevis 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 : Pennatomys

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Turvey, S.T., Weksler, M., Morris, E.L. and Nokkert, M. 2010-12. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and diversity of the extinct Lesser Antillean rice rats (Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of a new genus and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160(4):748-772.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00628.x

Original name as described

Pennatomys nivalis

Type material

BMNH:PV:M 82452

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Hichmans, Saladoid-era Amerindian archaeological site, 100 BC–AD 600; test pit 14, spit 4/2, context 1363, sample BS 5402; St. George, Gingerlands, Nevis, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Sint Eustatius · Saint Kitts and Nevis

Taxonomy notes

recently described extinct genus and species

Taxonomy notes citation

Turvey, S. T., Weksler, M., Morris, E. L., & Nokkert, M. (2010). Taxonomy, phylogeny, and diversity of the extinct Lesser Antillean rice rats (Sigmodontinae: Oryzomyini), with description of a new genus and species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 160(4), 748-772.

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002665

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Names and synonyms

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Pennatomys nivalis

Turvey, Weksler, E. L. Morris, & Nokkert, 2010

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nivalis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:M 82452

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

760

Authority publication

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #199838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #199838) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002665) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199838/9129524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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