Tylomys nudicaudus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1866)

Peters's Climbing Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Tylomyinae
Genus : Tylomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über neue oder ungenügend bekannte Flederthiere (Vampyrops, Uroderma, Chiroderma, Ametrida, Tylostoma, Vespertilio, Vesperugo) und Nager (Tylomys, Lasiomys). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:392-411.

Original name as described

Hesperomys (Tylomys) nudicaudus

Type material

NMB 750

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Guatemala."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic · Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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