Holochilus vulpinus
Taxonavigation
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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
editPrimary 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
editEnglish: Crafty Marsh Rat