Aegialomys xanthaeolus

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 Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Holotype: BMNH 85.4.1.47, adult indet., skin and skull.

Type locality: “Tumbez [= Tumbes, Depto. Tumbes], N. Peru [; geographical coordinates 03°34’S, 80°28’W].”

Oryzomys xanthaeolus Thomas, 1894: 354 [original combination]
Aegialomys xanthaeolus: Weksler, Percequillo & Voss, 2006: 5 [name combination]

Holotype: AMNH 11820/10112, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Malca, Cajabamba, alt. 8000 feet,” [on road from Cajabamba to San Marcos; Stephens and Traylor 1983] Cajamarca, Peru.

Oryzomys xanthaeolus ica Osgood, 1944: 192 [synonymised by Musser & Carleton, 1993]

Holotype: FMNH 53157, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Hacienda San Jacinto, near Ica, Province of Ica, southwestern Peru.”

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Osgood, W.H. 1944. Nine new South American rodents. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Zoological series 29(13): 191–204. BHL Reference page.
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. Pp. 501–755 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2nd ed. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Weksler, M., Percequillo & Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537: 1–29. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0082(2006)3537[1:TNGOOR]2.0.CO;2 ; hdl: 2246/5815 Reference page.

Prado, J.R. & Percequillo, A.R. 2011. Ontogenetic and sexual variation in cranial characters of Aegialomys xanthaeolus (Thomas, 1894) (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from Ecuador and Peru. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 51(9): 155–177. DOI: 10.1590/S0031-10492011000900001
Percequillo, A.R. 2015. Genus Aegialomys Weksler, Percequillo, and Voss, 2006. Pp. 293-298 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Prado, J.R.D. & Percequillo, A.R. 2016. Systematic studies of the genus Aegialomys Weksler, Percequillo and Voss, 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): Annotated catalogue of the types of the species-group taxa. Zootaxa 4144(4): 477–498. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4144.4.2. Reference page.

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Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Aegialomys xanthaeolus (Least Concern)