Sigmodon inopinatus

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Ecuadorean Cotton Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anthony, H.E. 1924-05-29. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 4. American Museum Novitates 114:1-6.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170246

Original name as described

Sigmodon inopinatus

Other common names

Unexpected Cotton Rat

Type material

AMNH M-66310

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-66310

Type locality

"Urbina, slopes of [Volcán] Chimborazo [Provincia Chimborazo], Ecuador; altitude 11,400 feet [= 3475 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002747

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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.

Sigmodon inopinatus

H. E. Anthony, 1924

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

inopinatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-66310

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-66310

Authority page

3

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:81) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #20214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #20214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/20214/22355983) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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