Isothrix sinnamariensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Echimyinae
Tribus: Echimyini
Genus: Isothrix
Species: Isothrix sinnamariensis

Name

Isothrix sinnamariensis Vié, Volobouev, Patton & Granjon, 1996: 395

• Holotype: MNHN 1995-1321, adult ♀, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by Eve Pinault on 13 July 1994.
• Type locality: “Sinnamary River right bank, 21 km upstream from the Petit Saut Dam, French Guiana (4°56.80'N–53°1.90'W—altitude below 20 m)”.

References

Primary references

• Vié, J.-C., Volobouev, V., Patton, J.L. & Granjon, L. 1996. A new species of Isothrix (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from French Guiana. Mammalia 60(3): 393–406. DOI: 10.1515/mamm-1996-0305 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sinnamary Brush-tailed Rat