Daptomys musseri
(Pacheco & Sánchez-Vendizú in Pacheco, Sánchez-Vendizú, Loaiza Salazar, Pino, Medina, & Vivas-Ruiz, 2020)
Musser's Fish-eating Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Ichthyomyini |
| Genus | : Daptomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Loaiza Salazar, C.R., Pino, K., Medina, C.E. and Vivas-Ruiz, D. 2020-07-03. A revision of Neusticomys peruviensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with the description of a new subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy 101(3):858-871.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaa011Original name as described
Neusticomys peruviensis musseri
Other common names
Musser's Ichthyomyine
Type material
MUSM 45735
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Llanchama, San Juan District, Maynas Province, Loreto Department, Peru, 41 m elevation (03°52'13.7"S, 73°23'48.9"W; Fig. 1)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru
Taxonomy notes
recently described as a subspecies of D. peruviensis before being split into it's own species; moved from Neusticomys to Daptomys
Taxonomy notes citation
Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Loaiza Salazar, C.R., Pino, K., Medina, C.E. and Vivas-Ruiz, D. 2020. A revision of Neusticomys peruviensis (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with the description of a new subspecies. Journal of Mammalogy 101(3):858-871. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyaa011 · Salazar-Bravo, J., Tinoco, N., Zeballos, H., Brito, J., Arenas-Viveros, D., Marín-C., D., Ramírez-Fernández, J.D., Percequillo, A.R., Lee, T.E., Jr., Solari, S., Colmenares-Pinzon, J., Nivelo, C., Rodríguez-Herrera, B., Merino, W., Medina, C.E., Murillo-García, O. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2023. Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches. PeerJ 11:e14319. doi:10.7717/peerj.14319 · Pacheco, V.R., Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y., Fajardo, Ú., Cossíos, D. and Cadenillas, R. 2025. Hidden diversity in Daptomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae): a new species from lower montane forests of central Peru. Zootaxa 5696(4):451-481. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5696.4.1
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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