Holochilus sciureus

Taxonavigation edit

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
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: Holochilus
Species: Holochilus sciureus

Name edit

Holochilus sciureus Wagner, 1842

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Rio São Francisco.

Synonyms edit

  • Holochilus amazonicus Osgood, 1915
  • Holochilus guianae Thomas, 1901
  • Holochilus incarum Thomas, 1921
  • Holochilus multannus Ameghino, 1889
  • Holochilus nanus Thomas, 1897
  • Holochilus venezuelae Allen, 1904
  • Holochilus sciureus berbericensis Morrison-Scott, 1937
  • Holochilus sciureus sciureus Wagner, 1842

References edit

  • Wagner, J. A. 1842. Beschreibung einiger oder minder bekannter Nager. Archives für Naturgeschichte, series 8, 1: 16.
  • Thomas, O. 1897. Notes on some S. American Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 19: 495.
  • Thomas, O. 1901. On a collection of mammals from the Kanuku Mountains, British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 8: 347.
  • Allen, J. A. 1904. New mammals from Venezuela and Colombia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 20: 330.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1915. New mammals from Brazil and Peru. Fieldiana Zoology, 10: 1–12.
  • Thomas, O. 1921. Report on the mammals collected by Mr. Edmund Heller during the Peruvian expedition of 1915 under the auspices of Yale University and the National Geographic Society. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, 58(233): 226.
  • Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. 1937. An apparently new form of Cricetinae from British Guiana. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 20: 535.
  • Barreto, G. R., and S. García-Rangel, 2005. Holochilus sciureus, Mammalian Species, 780: 1–5.

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Vernacular names edit

English: Marsh Rat, Amazonian Marsh Rat