Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Muroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Melanomys
Species: Melanomys caliginosus
Name
- Melanomys caliginosus (Tomes, 1860)
Holotype: BMNH 7.1.1.128.
Type locality: “Ecuador”, stated to “doubtless Esmeraldas [Esmeraldas Province] (near sea level), Ecuador” by J. A. Allen (1913: 537).
Combinations
- Hesperomys caliginosus Tomes, 1860: 263 [original combination]
- Akodon caliginosus: Trouessart, 1897: 537 [name combination]
- Melanomys caliginosus: J. A. Allen, 1913: 537 [name combination]
Synonyms
- Oryzomys phaeopus Thomas, 1894: 355
Holotype: BMNH 59.11.1.9, adult ♂, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Pallatanga [Chimborazo Prov.], Ecuador.”
- Oryzomys phaeopus obscurior Thomas, 1894: 356
Holotype: BMNH 73.11.5.5, adult indet., skin and skull.
Type locality “Concordia, Medellin, [Antioquia,] Colombia.”
References
Primary references
- Tomes, R.F. 1860. Notes on a third collection of Mammalia made by Mr. Fraser in the Republic of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28(1):260–268. BHL
- Thomas, O. 1894. Descriptions of some new Neotropical Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 14: 346–366.
Links
- IUCN: Melanomys caliginosus (Least Concern)