Rhipidomys venustus

O. Thomas, 1900

Charming 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

Thomas, O. 1900-01-01. New South-American mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(25):148-153.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16333569

Original name as described

Rhipidomys venustus

Other common names

Charming Climbing Mouse · Merida Rhipidomys · Mérida Highland Rhipidomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f06857ab-6a5c-4bd8-852e-0e05b4ffb7db

Type locality

"Merida [Mérida]. ‘Las Vegas del Chama,' alt. 1400 m," Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002783

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 venustus

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.1.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f06857ab-6a5c-4bd8-852e-0e05b4ffb7db

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16333569

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (1993:745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19617) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002783) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19617/22375090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Rhidomys venustus

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

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

venustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

487

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)

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