Salinomys delicatus

J. K. Braun & Mares, 1995

Delicate Salt Flat Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Braun, J.K. and Mares, M.A. 1995. A new genus and species of phyllotine rodent (Rodentia: Muridae: Sigmodontinae: Phyllotini) from South America. Journal of Mammalogy 76(2):504-521.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1382359

Original name as described

Salinomys delicatus

Other common names

Delicate Salinomys

Type material

CMI 4001

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Province of San Luis, Departamento de Ayacucho, ca. 23 km N Route 20, Pampa de Las Salinas, cerca La Botija, at 1300 feet elevation [= 396 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002735

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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.

Salinomys delicatus

J. K. Braun & Mares, 1995

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

delicatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMI 4001

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

514

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136228) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136228/22335800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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