Rhipidomys macconnelli

de Winton, 1900

McConnell's Tepui Climbing Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

de Winton, W.E. 1900-09. Mammalia. P. 52 in Lankester, E.R. (eds.). II. Report on a Collection made by Messrs. F. V. McConnell and J. J. Quelch at Mount Roraima in British Guiana. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London (2)8:51-76.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8323826

Original name as described

Rhipidomys Macconnelli

Other common names

Macconnell's Climbing Mouse · Macconnell's Tepui Rhipidomys · Tepui Rhipidomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d107b028-433f-43a3-9ab4-9bf7fa5f6a68

Type locality

"summit of [Mount] Roraima, Demerara," Guyana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002773

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.

Rhipidomys Macconnelli

de Winton, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macconnelli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.3.6.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d107b028-433f-43a3-9ab4-9bf7fa5f6a68

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8323826

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. de Winton (1900:52, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8323826) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68901)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:463) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Musser & Carleton (1993:744) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  6. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:488) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19611) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002773) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19611/22374656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhipidomys maccomelli

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

maccomelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

409

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423290

Authority publication

Berlin

Thomasomys macconnelli

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macconnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:58) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Tate (1939:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)

Thomasomys macconnelli macconnelli

(Tate, 1939)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macconnelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

194

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1939:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)

Thomasomys macconnelli subnubis

(Tate, 1939)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

subnubis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-131154

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-131154

Authority page

195

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1939:195) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9796)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhipidomys macconelli

Hershkovitz, 1959

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

macconelli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

9

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641814

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Hershkovitz (1959:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34641814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10032)

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