Hylaeamys megacephalus

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: Hylaeamys
Species: Hylaeamys megacephalus

Name edit

Hylaeamys megacephalus (G. Fischer, 1814)

Holotype: not assigned; based on Azara’s (1801, 1802) "rat second ou rat a grosse téte" and "del cola igual al cuerpo".

Neotype: UMMZ 133811, adult ♂, skin, skull and body in alcohol. [designated by Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner (1998: 251)]

Type locality: not assigned; “Paraguay east of the Río Paraguay, Departamento de Canendiyu [= Canindeyú], 13.3 km (by road) N Curuguaty (24°31′S/55°42′W, 255 m),” based on neotype designation by Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner (1998: 251)

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English: Azara’s Hylaeamys