Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Vernacular names

English: Dusky Melanomys
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