Tylomys watsoni

O. Thomas, 1899

Watson'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

Thomas, O. 1899-10-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(22):278-288.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124302

Original name as described

Tylomys Watsoni

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bogava, Chiriqui, N.W. Panama, alt. 250 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002844

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.

Tylomys Watsoni

O. Thomas, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

watsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

278

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124302

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Bangs (1902:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4199099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20608)
  2. Goodwin (1946:399) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:535) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002844) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22576/22340715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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