Rhipidomys leucodactylus

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

Rhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845)

Holotype:
Type locality: “im Oststriche,” i.e., the eastern region of Peru visited by Tschudi, herein restricted to the Montaña de Vitoc area in Junín, Peru (Tribe, 2015: 601, 602).

Hesperomys (Rhipidomys) leucodactylus Tschudi, 1845: 183 [original combination]
Nyctomys leucodactylus: Fitzinger, 1867: 89 [subsequent combination]

Tschudi, J.J. von 1844–1846. Untersuchungen über die Fauna Peruana. Therologie. Scheitlin und Zollikofer: St. Gallen. 262 pp. BHL Reference page.
Fitzinger, L.J. 1867. Versuch einer natürlichen Anordnung de Nagethiere (Rodentia). Sitzungsber. Math. Naturwiss. Cl. Kl. Akad. Wiss. Wien. 56: 57–168 [separately numbered from pp. 1–112].
Thomas, O. 1887. On the small mammals collected in Demerara by Mr W. L. Sclater. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1887: 150–153 + 1 plate.
Thomas, O. 1900. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 5: 269–274.
Thomas, O. 1915. A new genus of phyllostome bats and a new Rhipidomys from Ecuador. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8 16: 310–312.
Thomas, O. 1927. The Godman-Thomas expection to Peru.— VI. On mammals from the upper Huallaga and neighbouring highlands. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 9 20: 594–608.
Guillotin, M. & Petter, F. 1986. Un Rhipidomys nouveau de Guyane française, R. leucodactylus aratayae ssp. nov. (Rongeurs, Cricétidés). Mammalia 48: 541–544. [1985 vol. 49, no. 4: pp. 445ff. “Achevé d’imprimer le 20 mars 1986.”]

English: White-footed Climbing Mouse