Scolomys melanops

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Gray South American Spiny 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 : Scolomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1924-10-20. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates 139:1-9.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170242

Original name as described

Scolomys melanops

Other common names

Gray Spiny Mouse · Short-nosed Scolomys · South American Spiny Mouse

Type material

AMNH M-67524

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-67524

Type locality

"Mera, about 3800 feet [= m] elevation, [Pastaza], eastern Ecuador."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002667

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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.

Scolomys melanops

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

melanops

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-67524

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-67524

Authority page

2

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002667) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20036/115156404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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