Holochilus vulpinus

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 Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Holochilus
Species: Holochilus vulpinus

Name

• Holochilus vulpinus (Brants, 1827)

Holotype: ZMB MAM 1681, adult indet., skin and fragmented skull.

Type locality: “Brasil”; regarded as Rio Uruguay, southeastern Brazil, by Lichtenstein (1830); restricted to Maldonado, Uruguay, by Cabrera (1961), but Cerqueira (1975) convincingly placed the type locality in Brazil, on the banks of Rio Uruguay, between Itaqui and Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul.

Combinations

• Mus vulpinus Brants, 1827: 137 [original combination]
• H[olochilus]. vulpinus: Wagner, 1843: 554 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Mus braziliensis Waterhouse, 1839: 58 [preoccupied by Mus brasiliensis Desmarest, 1819]

Holotype: BMNH 55.12.24.155, ♀, skull.

Type locality: “Bahia Blanca,” Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Holochilus darwini Thomas, 1897: 496 [replacement name for Mus braziliensis Waterhouse]

References

Primary references

• Brants, A. 1827. Het Geslacht der Muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, Volgens de Tegenswoordige toestand der Wetenschap in Familien, Geslachten en Soorten verdeeld. Berlin: Gedrukt ter Akademische Boekdrukkery, xii + 190 pp, 1 plate. BHL
• Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. Part II. Mammalia. In Darwin, C. (ed.). The zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the Years 1832–1836. London: Smith, Elder and Co., 2: xii + 97 pp., 35 plates. BHL
• Thomas, O. 1897. Notes on some S.- American Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6, 19: 494–501.

Vernacular names

English: Crafty Marsh Rat