Holochilus vulpinus

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 vulpinus

Name edit

  • 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 edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

Primary references edit

  • 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 edit

English: Crafty Marsh Rat