Rhipidomys tenuicauda

(J. A. Allen, 1899)

Turimiquire 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

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1899-12-20. New rodents from Colombia and Venezuela. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 12(16):195-218.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/550

Original name as described

Oryzomys tenuicauda

Other common names

Turimiquire Rhipidomys

Type material

AMNH M-14737

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14737

Type locality

Los Palmales, Sucre, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

Taxonomy notes

split from R. fulviventer

Taxonomy notes citation

Tribe, C.J. 2015. Genus Rhipidomys Tschudi, 1845. In: Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. (eds), Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents, pp. 583-616. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002780

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.

Oryzomys tenuicauda

(J. A. Allen, 1899)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenuicauda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-14737

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-14737

Authority page

211

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1899:211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15958)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Rhipidomys tenuicauda

D. E. Wilson, Mittermeier, & Lacher, 2017

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tenuicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

487

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000768) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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